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Imagine cresting a hill after wandering the California chaparral, sundrunk and parched. Before you unfolds a hallucinogenic bacchanal of the young and sexy, fabulous old hippies, and freaks of all shapes and sizes dressed in the trappings of some post-apocalyptic pleasure cult. The bass and beat of wild music calls you closer. The denizens of this strange village cavort beside a softly lapping lake and climb strange constructions of their own design. This is something of the flavor of Lightning in a Bottle, the annual underground music, art, and culture festival by the eco-friendly (and highly _conscious_) folks at Do LaB. Gitte Meldegaard brings us photo dispatches from this year's fest: [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277092384-CIEKBLZQX6N6WDKIGPEP/fSizeRender_1.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277092062-0KAL09QBB69ND17Q6JQX/fSizeRender_2.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277099275-IJN97QNHE3AVE72JFBE7/fSizeRender_3.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277099182-LE1BL2B02N40USQ13OHK/fSizeRender_4.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277105881-WR0WS883WEKPQYT5JDR2/fSizeRender_6.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277110359-MD097W0MQW6L3B78N34K/fSizeRender.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277112235-NESXH0I1Q6KWKQR6RCPC/FullSizeRender_1.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278376864-505DUTGS5X4R4LCRQTQF/FullSizeRender.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277118873-BUUBAW467UJ6EEC7XWKU/FullSizeRender_3.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277119361-CZDKJTQBO654C6YGH0QS/FullSizeRender_4.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277122695-XVXGXGLRZX10FLXZUQPX/FullSizeRender_5.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277145532-3XXGOVX31KQ8RKPSWE38/fullsSizeRender_4.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277148938-T98AC1PCDGCTCOGA4AH0/fullsSizeRender_6.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277153167-RLZ1EX7K8ZYQ15IDJEK2/fullsSizeRender.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278374931-K4OHPGHGNV3DPQKCZIWQ/FullSizeRender_8.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277155626-91YT34D70ZH51Q3K4UMD/fulSizeRender_1.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277159491-17R0CDEB2WB7YUUR5EAR/fulSizeRender_2.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277158949-MRDWLOO5VLGE6ZU8A8AD/fulSizeRender_3.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277162427-RGSLQLQKRXMOMDEQ1AW0/fulSizeRender_4.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277166796-H05ZULK44J4LXJQKUYY7/fulSizeRender_5.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277172445-OCRITJWEKUU6XOPZGI5C/fulSizeRender_7.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496277179316-ONM5OF6NLUIQFGQ8EXQ5/fuSizeRender_1.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278372167-8U7FIEFX2GHSPZHECYA5/FullSizeRender_9.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278377796-AQS5G1C3L88W9YKGOHJV/fullsSizeRender_1.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278398477-GTIHVI03BRVE54MX698P/fuSizeRender_4.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278402319-JCK0DT76KCSI1Q3S4NGM/fulSizeRender.jpg) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278424295-5JPMUDHUKL6PI1O5ODV8/IMG_1892.JPG) [](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1496278463821-FVALC7U2H6C036PC2UXD/FullSizeRender_2.jpg) #block-yui\_3\_17\_2\_1\_1496249514190\_504813 .sqs-gallery-block-grid { margin-right: -5px; } #block-yui\_3\_17\_2\_1\_1496249514190\_504813 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid-slide .margin-wrapper { margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; } * * * Photography by Gitte Meldegaard Written by Sid Feddema