- A sailing stone in Racetrack Playa. Sailing stones (also called sliding rocks, walking rocks, rolling stones, and moving rocks)...
- Sailing stones are one of the mystical geographical phenomenon found in the Racetrack Playa.
- Their movement is caused by thin ice sheets the stones are frozen into. Sailing stones move due to ice rafts created in winter after the heavy rains.
- Sailing stones in the desert of Death Valley. In 2014, scientists were able to capture the movement of the stones for the first time using time-lapse photography.
- The stones are ‘sailing’ from one place to another, leaving trails that are visible to our eyes but the movements are not.
- "And the longer you stay out there, it just takes on this incredible sense of mystery." Scientists have tried to solve the puzzle of the sailing stones for decades.
- WIkimedia CommonsTwo sailing stones that diverged from each other on their treks. In 1915, the first sighting of the sailing stones was recorded.
- The Truth about the Death Valley Sailing Stones - The Racetrack - Death Valley National Park.19 bin görüntülemeYayınlandı17 Ara 2019
Sailing stones - Mystery behind the Sailing stones
- So how do sailing stones form? Here’s the big reveal: “Wind-driven ice that forms and then breaks up under certain conditions.”
- The sailing stones, as they’re called, mystified park visitors and scientists for decades. But one man believes he’s solved the puzzle.
