He’s the Man
The Burning Man effigy that the festival is named for also grew as the festival did. At the first Burning Man meeting, the wooden man was 15 feet tall. In 1990, the man had grown to 40 feet, five times taller than the original. Nowadays, the man can reach heights of 75 feet and is typically constructed by a team of hundreds who outfit him with neon lights, lasers and the pyrotechnics needed to set him ablaze at the end of the festival.