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ENTHEOS, at sunrise
Nine photographs from the dawn set at Burning Man 2025.
By iZØ·February 19, 2026·2 min
The set started at 05:47 and didn’t end until the sun was fully over the range. These are nine frames from the middle hour — the stretch where it stopped being a “set” and became a piece of weather.
05:51 · first frame, long exposure, before the crowd found the rhythm.
06:04 · booth silhouette. 122 BPM. The air is still cold.
06:18 · mid-set crowd. The temperature pivots here.
06:42 · sun on the deck. Everything in the mix got 2 dB louder.
07:11 · the last frame before we had to leave the booth for the next crew.