People at Burning Man are fascinated by this enormous, shiny orb

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September 3, 2018 10:19 AM

Attendees of 2018 Burning Man festival are fascinated by this 100-foot tall orb on a mast – which has also been described as a huge disco-ball. Danish designers Lange and Ingels raised $34,300 to get the inflatable orb to the Nevada festival, which has an 83-foot diameter.

This year's Burning Man theme was I-Robot, and two Danish designers caught people's attention with a 100-foot tall orb on a mast.
"The ORB" raised $34,300 on indiegogo to get it to the Nevada desert festival.
Some people think it's a disco-ball, some a planet, but it's definitely become the crowd favourite at the infamous festival.

People at Burning Man festival in Nevada, which finishes on Monday, are transfixed by this 100-foot high orb on a mast.

It has an 84-foot diameter and stands an impressive 100 feet tall, towering above the dusty venue:

#burningman2018 ... @ likabugaeva

#emo##emo##emo##emo# #emo##... @ gypsylands

Some people at the festival, running from 25 August to September 1, think the shiny sphere is a mini-planet, and creators that it's actually a 1/500,000 scale model of earth.

Before the festival the designers shared this virtual rendering of the orb on their indiegogo page:

They wanted to raise $50,000 to get the orb to Burning Man. In the end they got $34,300, which was enough.

This is what the finished product looked like:

Survived my 1st burningman ... @ jcbonafide

Designer Lange posted the erected artwork on his Instagram:

Out of the dust #theorb #bu... @ jakob_lange

But some are content with it being a huge disco-ball for party goers:

also there#emo#s going to be a ... @ outdated#emo#

This year's theme was I-Robot.

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