Exodus Begins At Drenched Burning Man Festival In US Desert

The Burning Man festival in Nevada -- for which tickets cost hundreds of dollars -- culminates each year with ceremonial burning of a 40-foot effigy.

Revelers stuck in the mud for days at the Burning Man festival in Nevada finally began heading home on Monday after Mother Nature rained on their big party.

With the sun now shining on the colorful makeshift community of 70,000 people called Black Rock City, the roads opened Monday afternoon, kicking off the official exit process known as the "Exodus."

"Exodus operations have officially begun in Black Rock City," the festival said in a statement on its website. "The driving ban has been lifted."