The one photo that will make you want to avoid Burning Man

It's that time of year again when your Instagram feed is filled with dreamlike desert images that make you yearn to be at Burning Man. So much FOMO. 

But then there are those other images that emerge when the "city in the desert" of roughly 70,000 people ceases to exist. The mass exodus from Black Rock City, Nevada, brought so much traffic this weekend that it would make one pining for a Utopian getaway next year think twice. 

This aerial photo that perfectly captures the festival gridlock may make you cringe:

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