Thousands of fans of the apocalypse have descended on California's Mojave Desert for a five-day-long festival that looks like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster.
The immersive Wasteland Weekend Festival has been held in Edwards, California every year since 2010, but was cancelled last year due to Covid restictions.
But the event came back with a vengeance this year, as leather-clad motorcyclists and cosplayers returned to the desert from Wednesday.
The festival describes itself as a 'world pulled straight out of the Mad Max movies and other post-apocalyptic films and games, beyond the grip of so-called civilization,' according to its website.
Attendees enjoy fire dancers, burlesque acts, live bands and DJs, and even a movie theater with an in-house film festival as they gallivant around the desert pretending the rest of the world has been pulverized.
Photos from this week's event show revelers walking the desert wearing torn fishnets and shirts, covered in dirt and carrying mock weapons.
Wasteland Weekend Festival asks attendees to adhere to the theme as much as possible in order to not break the illusion
Organizers ask guests: ''Can you walk through the background of a movie like Road Warrior or Book of Eli and not distract the audience by looking out of place?'
Guests may bring their own alcohol, though none is allowed to be sold on the premises
RPG at RPG: Above, someone at role-playing event with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher
The strictly 18-and-over festival asks attendees to adhere to the theme and not break the illusion. Certain zones are reserved for those who don't