A Burning Man attendee lies down in the mud and water at the event in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, after a rainstorm turned the site into mud on Sept. 2, 2023.

Camps are set on a muddy desert plain on Sept. 2, 2023, after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada's Black Rock desert into a mud pit. JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images ...

Authorities are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival in the remote Nevada desert. Tens of thousands are stuck there because of heavy rainfall that's turned the site into a mud bath.

Here’s what to know about Burning Man, including its origin, purpose and what people do at Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each summer.

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