Under just a sliver of a moon Monday night in San Francisco, an overflow crowd turned the JFK Promenade into the Playa on the Pavement for the ceremonial lighting of a giant Burning Man sea serpent that has found its way to Golden Gate Park.
After a two-hour buildup, the switch was thrown just before 9 p.m., and blinking purple and green LED lights illuminated the aqua-colored 100-foot-long, 25-foot-tall sculpture named Naga. Installed in the pond at the base of the Rainbow Falls, Naga is lit from within and periodically exhales bubbles through its nose.
“I got a contact euphoria from the whole show, like I was standing in the middle of a Harry Potter movie,” said Kat Anderson, president of the city’s Recreation and Park Commission. “It is one of the most magical things I’ve ever seen.”…