Burning Man participants continued the festivities this week, even after authorities issued a blowing dust advisory due to the strong winds that have nearly blanketed the area in a dust cloud, according to USA Today.
The advisory was in effect until Wednesday evening, with authorities urging festival-goers to take the proper precautions when engaging the elements.
Many at the festival were covering their faces with shirts, scarves and whatever else they could find, just to be able to walk around unhindered.
The conditions have been so sporadic that many campsites have been ripped apart by the nearly unmanageable winds, according to Daily Mail.
Visibility was down to just a half-mile with gusts up to 45 miles per hour plaguing the site. The weather is expected to settle down somewhat by midnight on Wednesday.
"I'd rather it be windy and dusty than 105 degrees," said one festival goer to USA Today.
Cooler days are indeed expected for the festival as a low pressure makes its way to the Nevada desert, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Thursday temperatures are expected to drop into the mid to upper 70s and spread out into the weekend, according to meteorologist Tony Fuentes.
Burning Man has its share of natural elements to contend with and this year is no different, with the dust advisory coming in on the heels of a large scale infestation of bugs that have since cleared, as previously reported by HNGN.
