http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag-inv.gif http://tech.mit.edu/ Recent photos and graphics from The Tech /V132/N37/graphics/bman-5.html 6Jane Park A view out onto the desert from the inside of the Pier. /V132/N37/graphics/bman-9.html Jane Park Inside the wooden structure of the Man. /V132/N37/graphics/bman-4.html Elizabeth Turner Jason Scott ‘10 and Beth Turner ‘10 enjoy their time on the playa. /V132/N37/graphics/bman-7.html Jane Park Burners relax under the waning sun. /V132/N37/graphics/bman-8.html Jane Park The road from the Man to the temple on the horizon. /V132/N37/graphics/bman-6.html Jane Park Burning Man participants walk and bike to and fro as the sun sets over the playa. /V132/N37/graphics/arbitrage.html photo by Myles Aronowitz. courtesy of roadside attractions. Moral compass Brooke (Brit Marling) and finance fraud Robert Miller (Richard Gere) go head-to-head in Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage. /V132/N37/graphics/bman-3.html Derek Ouyang Whiteouts, caused by whirling dust in high winds, were common this year due to the lack of precipitation last winter. /V132/N37/graphics/bman-1.html Contributed Photo Christopher Varenhorst ‘09 sits by the embers of the Circle of Regional Effigies (CORE). The Man is surrounded by a ring of 34 wooden effigies, each built by a different regional Burning Man group and burned simultaneously on Thursday. /V132/N37/graphics/powell.html /V132/N37/graphics/sullivan.html /V132/N37/graphics/sun.html /V132/N37/graphics/pinker.html Ekaterina Botchkina Former MIT professor Steven A. Pinker delivers a talk on “Communicating Science and Technology in the 21st Century,” on Wednesday afternoon in 34-101. The talk, which was the first annual Nuclear Science and Engineering lecture on scientific communication, was attended by over 300 people. /V132/N37/graphics/artloan.html Christina M. Curlette An MIT graduate student peruses an art piece in the Wiesner Building Wednesday evening during a special reception held in conjunction with the annual Student Loan Art Program Exhibition. The program allows students to borrow framed artwork from a collection of about 500 pieces. /V132/N37/graphics/plantsale.html Akimitsu Hogge—The Tech Students inspect herbs on sale at the MIT Endicott House Plant Sale in front of W20 on Thursday. /V132/N37/graphics/tim.html