Amanda Jones, right, Beth Curley, center, and Marcela Mercado, all 21 and from Santa Clara, Calif..

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Joel Mark of Brentwood and his wife, Ann, have only missed one Coachella, bring daughters Sophie, right, and Snowden to their first.

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Alex Shenton, 23, of Calgary, attends his first Coachella.

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Hotshot, a robot, attends his sixth Coachella in 2011.

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Emily Alford, right, and friend Callie Ryan, both 18, of Los Angeles, do the yoga pose, downward dog.

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James Mote, 35, of Temecula, and his rainbow boa of indeterminate age, attends his second Coachella.

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Nicholas Henderson, 22, of Irvive, at his second Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

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Security guard Ozzy Rodriguez at his post.

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Mike Lewis, 27, left, Chuck Blu, 24, center, and Briana Rios, 24, ham it up the festival.

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Matt Jaehn, 19, of South Lake Tahoe, strikes a pose.

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A unidentified man jumps into the frame in a desperate try to get into the "Faces of Coachella" photo gallery. Ethan Castilla and Greg Watts are partially eclipsed.

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Ethan Castilla, 20, left, and Greg Watts, 20, both of Temecula, have attended three Coachella festivals.

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Bill Locey, a writer from Ventura, watches Trampled by Turtles perform on the main stage

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Alec Viveros, 20, of La Quinta, right, and Elizabeth Shadazian, 19, of Laguna Beach, proclaim themselves the "Booty Patrol."

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Flower children Taylor Steury, 21, Sarah Sullivan, 21, Sara Long, 21, Brad Kuntz, 21, and Daniella Dolene, 20, from right. The five went to school together at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

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Jake Burnett, 26, of Chicago, right, and Ashley Tveten, 25, of St. Louis.

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Giants fan and bartender Chris McNeal, 23, of San Francisco.

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Las Vegas residents Alysia Meinring, 23, right, is a bumble bee, and Tyler Winkler, 24, is a mean lady bug. Meinring designs and markets her handmade costumes.

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Christina Silva with her 2-year-old son Thiago.

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Addisyn Emery, 20, of Ventura keeps the UV rays at bay with a bright umbrella.

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Lisa Leopard, 23, Lindsey Smith, 24, Kyle Conrad, 27, and Sarah Huesgen, 23.

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22-year-old Phoenix denizens Campbell McGee, right, and Nico Samaras.

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Al Fajardo, left, Big Shillz, Jeremy Copeland, Annise Scott and Lindsey Harness, all from Scottsdale, Ariz., at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Friday.

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Abba Courtney, right and Obi Ramirez of Reno.

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Michael Pourtemour of Lakewood is attending his fourth Coachella festival.

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Alex Thaboua, 20, of San Diego gets an unconventional view of the festival.

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Dan Lovecraft, 26, of San Diego, left, and friend Bryan Saul, 25, of Lenoir, N.C.

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Richard Astin of Montclair, left, and Nathan Louis, 32, of Silver Lake flip their lids.

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These Coachella attendees concluded it was their patriotic duty to show up.

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Temecula residents Sawyer Hollenbach, 10, left, and her mother, Patsy McIntosh, jump for joy.

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Coachella veterans Gary Enriquez, left, Victoria Vasquez, Davis Dong and Javier Avadano.

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