The Wall of Dust

A rusted 1930s sedan war car strapped to a flatbed trailer behind an RV on a tree-lined street, a crew member working on its roof.

The tribe&#039;s RV towing the war car on its trailer, parked along a shady street before departure.

The trailered war car seen from behind, roof crates lashed down and a crew member checking the load.

A hand-painted SLOW DIP CAUTION sign beside a dirt road through dry Mojave scrub.

A lone volcanic butte rising over flat desert scrubland under a clear sky.

Wide desert flats stretching to distant hills under an empty blue sky.

Desert scrub in the foreground with a long brown mountain range on the horizon.

Open desert plain with power lines along the far edge.

Wastelanders in long robes walking down the dusty main street of the festival town.

The geodesic Thunderdome frame at the foot of a scrubby hill, a sign on the summit.

The war car parked at camp: rust-and-primer paint, bars over the windows, wooden crates on the roof.

Head-on view of a black war car with a tall black flag, roof crates and spotlights, at camp.

A black war car beside parked quads and motorcycles at a dusty campsite.

Close-up of a fanged animal skull mounted on the war car&#039;s hood next to a crossed-wrench emblem.

The war car&#039;s hood with a crossed-wrench emblem and welded spikes, a roof rack of lights above.

The war car&#039;s chrome grille and headlights crowned with a fanged skull.

Three-quarter view of the war car with oversized tires, roof crates and a lightbar.

The back of the war car with a ladder to the roof rack, a red quad parked beside it.

View over the war car&#039;s hood and skull ornament down a camp lane of tents and bikes.

A camp lane with the war car and a modern sedan parked side by side.

A wastelander with a white parasol and wide-brimmed hat poses in front of the Trading Outpost 364 shack.

The same wastelander with the white parasol, posing in a long green skirt by the outpost door.

Wastelanders gathered outside a frontier-style saloon on a sunny afternoon.

Selfie of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses against a blue sky.

A busy main street lined with shacks, motorcycles and war rigs rolling through the crowd.

The war car driving under the Wasteland gate with riders on the roof.

The war car at sunset beside a quad, the sun setting behind camp tents.

The sun setting over campers and trailers, a dark shack silhouetted on the left.

A fire performer spinning flames inside the blue-lit Thunderdome as the crowd watches.

A bearded man in glasses and a woman with a feathered headdress yell with arms raised in a night crowd.

A couple dressed for evening — a brown coat and fedora, a sequined black gown and feather headdress — at dusk.

The same couple posing between parked cars at golden hour.

Wide view of the sprawling campground at dusk, tents and RVs to the horizon.

Rooftop panorama of the camp sea, canopies and campers under a pink sky.

Panorama over the tribe camp&#039;s canopies with thin clouds above.

Sun rising over the far ridge behind rows of RVs and trailers.

Morning over the campground seen from an RV roof, white canopies below.

RVs and trailers parked beneath a scrubby hill washed in pink evening light.

A pink sky over a packed campground and distant hills.

Crowded campground under a fading pink sky, flags poking above the tents.

The sun sinking into a ridge beyond rows of campers, the sky burning orange.

The tribe camp from above: white canopies, chairs and a white SUV.

Camp lanes from above, a war rig with a flag parked between tents.

The war car parked among tents and trailers, a few people talking beside it.

A woman in a long peach gown poses beside a white car in the desert.

An orange sky over dark hills at sunset above parked campers.

A group of costumed wastelanders posing under the red-lit Wasteland gate at night.

Inside the blue-lit Thunderdome, fighters and a referee gather beneath a hanging rope.

Two fighters face off under a rope rigging inside the Thunderdome.

The Thunderdome crowd presses against the dome bars as fighters size each other up.

Fighters circle under the rigging, the crowd packed against the bars.

An aerialist in striped stockings sits on a trapeze high in the Thunderdome.

The aerialist on the trapeze, one hand on the rope, legs crossed above the crowd.

Wide shot of the Thunderdome floor under blue light, spectators ringing the dome.

Two fighters on the bright sand floor of the Thunderdome under spotlights.

Fighters crossing the lit Thunderdome floor as the packed dome watches.

A bald fighter in a sports jersey stands ready with a padded weapon in the dome.

A fighter in a jersey and a cloaked figure wait at the edge of the dome floor.

A stocky fighter in a vest waits, hands clasped, among cloaked dome attendants.

The dome floor with fighters at the far edge, spotlights pooling on the sand.

Fighters stand at the dome&#039;s edge under the rigging.

A fighter in blue body paint lunges toward the camera inside the dome.

Wide Thunderdome panorama, spectators climbing the struts all around.

Two hooded attendants watch from the dome floor in blue light.

A woman in black with a feathered mohawk faces two fighters in the dome.

The announcer in black speaks to the fighters under the rigging.

The announcer waits as fighters ready their weapons.

Fighters circle each other in the dome while the crowd watches from the bars.

A fighter in a jersey faces off against a robed opponent before the crowd.

The feather-mohawked announcer and fighters gathered beneath the rigging.

The Thunderdome glowing purple at night across the dark festival grounds.

Three wastelanders in wide hats smile behind a crate of trade goods at a market stall.

Rows of decorated war rigs gathered on the open desert flats, riders perched on top.

War rigs lined up across the flats, wastelanders climbing onto the vehicles.

A long row of convoy vehicles and riders on the desert flats under a cloudless sky.

Pickups and war rigs flying black flags on the open desert.

Armored pickups loaded with riders spread across the dry flats.

Convoy vehicles idling in a wide circle on the desert.

The convoy viewed from atop a vehicle, riders waving weapons from the roofs.

Selfie of a goggled rider on top of a war rig with the convoy behind.

Riders in goggles and woven hats atop a vehicle, the convoy stretching behind.

Two riders in goggles and a woven hat on a vehicle roof, convoy below.

Riders on a vehicle roof looking out over the convoy.

A rider in a wide hat sits atop a rusted war rig on the flats.

Riders perched on decorated pickups with axes, the convoy lined up behind.

The convoy ready to move, black flags snapping above the trucks.

Wastelanders with oars and axes ride on the back of a battered truck.

Riders in armor and furs crowd the back of a war rig, axes raised.

A painted pickup driving across the flats, a wastelander walking alongside.

A spiked war truck bristling with axes and riders drives across the desert.

Convoy vehicles crossing the wide desert flats toward distant hills.

A rustic bar shack with motorcycles parked out front.

A town street lined with flyer-covered shacks and a stop sign.

Wastelanders walking past the Wasteland Commerce Corporation building.

A tall radio tower over shacks, an old red fire truck parked out front.

The radio tower rising over a row of salvage-built storefronts.

The Wasteland gate seen from inside town on a bright day.

A long dusty street of shacks with motorcycles parked along it.

A crowd of costumed wastelanders passing through the town gate.

A street crowd including someone in a bright red suit among the leather and armor.

The war car parked near the Red Rocket, a towering rocket sculpture behind.

The war car with a rider on its roof beside the Red Rocket sculpture.

A fanged skull hood ornament leading the war car down a busy street.

Driver&#039;s-eye view past the skull ornament down a crowded street.

Wastelanders mill around near the Wasteland gate on a sunny afternoon.

A wastelander in red robes near the Wasteland gate on the hill.

War rigs and walkers crowd the road near the Wasteland gate.

The skull hood ornament seen from behind as the war car drives past shacks.

View through the war car&#039;s barred window frame onto the dusty street.

Another look through the barred windshield at shacks and walkers.

Grandpa in a red-banded hat takes a selfie in front of the war car, a flag flying behind.

Selfie of Grandpa in mirrored sunglasses holding a drink, the skull-nosed war car and two riders behind.

Grandpa snaps a selfie as another wastelander strolls up beside the war car.

Grandpa and a companion in front of the war car, the gate far behind.

Grandpa and a companion pose by the war car under a clear sky.

Two wastelanders sit on the war car&#039;s roof rack against a blue sky.

The war car with two riders on its roof rack, Grandpa standing beside it.

Grandpa poses in front of the war car and the Red Rocket.

A wastelander stands on the war car roof, Grandpa leaning on the hood.

Grandpa by the war car with the Red Rocket gleaming behind.

Grandpa and a friend by the war car, the town gate down the road.

A shack-lined lane with a motorcycle parked by a canvas stall.

A hand-built frontage with rusted metal and flags, laundry lines overhead.

A wastelander stands on the war car&#039;s roof by the Red Rocket, the sun blazing behind.

The same rooftop pose by the Red Rocket from a lower angle.

Low angle of the rooftop rider on the war car against a deep blue sky.

The Wasteland gate down a long empty street.

A low shade-covered market building with wastelanders out front.

Rooftop view of the Red Rocket sculpture, motorcycles and a vintage blue car below.

Rooftop view down a busy street past the Red Rocket.

Bird&#039;s-eye view of the main street lined with motorcycles and storefronts.

Two wastelanders pose by the war car under its black flag.

A couple poses in front of the war car at Red Rocket.

The couple by the war car, the rocket rising behind them.

The couple in front of the war car, sun high over the rocket.

Four wastelanders with spears stand on a rooftop against the sky.

The Wasteland gate from inside town, wastelanders walking through.

A man in a black vest and hat strides past the gate.

The war car pulling up beneath the Wasteland gate as the crowd watches.

The war car under the Wasteland sign, wastelanders gathered around it.

The war car rolls under the gate flying its black tribal flag.

The Rusted Dawn flag flying from the war car beneath the WASTELAND sign.

The tribe&#039;s black flag with its red emblem above the war car at the gate.

A tight shot of the war car and its flag under the gate.

The war car under the gate with a motorcycle rider passing by.

The war car close up under the Wasteland sign, crew climbing aboard.

A woman in olive and a bearded man in a straw hat pose by the war car, the tribe flag above.

Crew members climb on and off the war car under the gate.

The war car under the gate, riders on top and people around it.

A couple in leather and chainmail poses by the war car under the gate.

A man in chainmail and a woman in olive pose against the war car&#039;s side.

The chainmail couple by the war car&#039;s barred windows.

The war car under the Wasteland gate with walkers passing by.

A pickup with painted slogans drives toward the gate past walkers.

The war car parked at a camp frontage beside spray-painted signs.

A military truck flying flags rolls down a camp street.

A woman in a feathered headdress and a man in a hat at dusk in the desert.

An armored tank-like vehicle under the red-lit Wasteland gate at night.

The war car crawling over desert scrub with riders on top. Photographer&#039;s watermark in the corner.

A line of war rigs across the open flats. Photographer&#039;s watermark in the corner.

Distant convoy vehicles spread across the dry flats under blue sky. Photographer&#039;s watermark in the corner.

A red and white graphic reading GONE TO WASTELAND WEEKEND with a radiation symbol.

A man in a hat and goggles and a woman in a wide sun hat and green skirt pose at camp.

Two riders sit on the war car&#039;s roof, one with an orange parasol, the skull ornament on the grille.