Photos: Scenes from Burning Man 2006

The "Mondo Spider" begins one of its first explorations of Burning Man. Its eight legs move independently and allow the mechanized creature to turn, as well as to walk forward. Its creators used a computer-assisted design process to generate templates. The metal plates were precision water-cut using a 55,000 PSI stream of water and sand.

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