Mystery Solved: How Death Valley’s sliding rocks move on their own?

For decades, rocks in Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa appeared to move on their own. Scientists have now discovered that thin ...
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Death Valley’s “sailing stones” finally reveal the quiet force that nudges them

Racetrack Playa in surface appearance is a place where no movement should take place: a dry, sun-whitened basin in one of the ...
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How Do Death Valley’s ‘Sailing Stones’ Move Themselves Across the Desert?

Start at the Furnace Creek visitor center in Death Valley National Park. Drive 50 miles north on pavement, then head west for another 30 miles on bone-rattling gravel roads. During the drive—which ...

Mystery solved: What makes the sliding rocks of Death Valley move on their own

In one of the hottest and driest parts of the world, there is a phenomenon that is most unexpected. At a remote dry lake bed in the world-famous Death Valley area in the United States, large rocks are ...