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16 photos of tech workers having the time of their lives at Burning Man

Melia RobinsonSep 7, 2016, 20:39 IST

Marianna Phillips sits near the Temple Project as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gather for the 30th annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, U.S. September 2, 2016. Jim Urquhart/Reuters

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk once said "Burning Man is Silicon Valley."

Judging from the photos of startup founders, tech workers, and venture capitalists that have surfaced since the annual counterculture festival began, we're guessing Musk is right.

We rounded up the best images of tech workers sweating it out on the playa.