Rocks that self move The sailing stones of Death Valley are surrounded in controversy and mystery. This board will give you the background information you need to determine your own theory, See the pictures below: For most of the year Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, California is a dry lake, a perfectly flat expanse of cracked white clay. There are a few scattered stones on the surface, from a few centimetres in diameter to half a metre. The most likely explanation involves the spring weather. 7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Natural World: From moving rocks to mammoths clouds and red tides to fire rainbows, here are seven of the most spectacular phenomenal wonders of the natural world. The mysterious moving stones of the packed-mud desert of Death Valley have been a centre of scientific controversy for decades. Some scientists have proposed that a combination of strong winds and surface ice account for the movements of the rocks. The Mystery behind the Sailing Stones of Death Valley: View this 5 part series of pictures and information about The Racetrack Playa in Death Valley. The scientific community continues to struggle to explain the sailing stones found here. The Mystery behind the Sailing Stones of Death Valley: Many people have studied the sailing stones over the years. Many studies have named or labeled the stones and carefully marked their locations as they moved. In 1948, their positions were marked with stakes. Current studies mark them with GPS tracking. In 1972, Bob Sharp and Dwight Carey even tried to block one of the sailing stones by building a 3-inch corral around it. The corral never even slowed the stone down. The Official Exposed Files Website: Bob Sharp and Dwight Carey started a Racetrack stone movement monitoring program in May 1972. Eventually thirty stones with fresh tracks were labeled and stakes were used to mark their locations. Each stone was given a name and changes in the stones position were recorded over a seven year period. Death Valleys Mysterious Sliding Stones: Geologists Jim McAllister and Allen Agnew mapped the bedrock of the area in 1948 and made note of the tracks. Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa: Rocks that start next to each other may travel parallel for a time, before one abruptly changes direction to the left, right, or even back the direction it came from. Various and sometimes idiosyncratic possible explanations have been put forward over the years that have ranged from the supernatural to the very complex.
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