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Subscribe to RSSA break from the icy images - We see images similar to this every year from the Luminarias celebration, but the rider is so completely engulfed in flames for this split second that it upped the "wow" factor of this performance photo for me. The Headless Horseman comes to mind.
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A man rides his horse through flames during the "Luminarias" annual religious celebration on the night before Saint Anthony's, Patron of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de los Pinares, about 100 km (62 miles) north west of Madrid January 16, 2008. According to tradition people from the area ride their horses through the fire to purify the animals.