For decades, the enigmatic “sailing stones” of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park have captivated scientists and ...

One of Death Valley ... that the rocks could be pushed by winds of just 10 mph and ice no thicker than window glass. But this is far from a real racetrack. The rocks only move a few inches ...

As long ago as the 1940s, the mysterious moving rocks of Death Valley National Park's Racetrack Playa have stumped scientists. How stones as heavy as 35 pounds (16kg) can bulldoze their way across ...

Death Valley National Park contains many ... In the remote, almost totally dry lakebed called Racetrack Playa, some of the rocks move themselves across the desert floor when people aren't watching.

For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks – some weighing hundreds of pounds – zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley ... dry desert valley. The rocks move about 15 ...

[Video: Sailing Stones of Death Valley Seen in Action] Lacking ... Now, with video, time-lapse photographs and GPS tracking of Racetrack Playa's moving rocks, the mystery has finally been solved.

venture down to the mud flat at the bottom and hike back up over loose rocks. For most people, a trip to the Racetrack will begin 26 miles away with a stop at a very different natural attraction ...

Reporting from Death Valley National Park ... a light wind began moving huge floes of ice across the surface of the water and into rocks weighing up to 200 pounds. Propelled by the ice masses ...

The National Park Service is trying to track down a motorist who defaced a remote dry lake bed in Death Valley National Park famous for its mysterious moving stones. Despite its name, Racetrack ...

Death Valley National Park is the only ... There are over 150 of these roving rocks. But no one has ever seen them move. The Racetrack proper, about 3 miles long and a mile wide, is what is ...

For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks -- some weighing hundreds of pounds -- zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley ... dry desert valley. The rocks move about 15 ...

For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks — some weighing hundreds of pounds — zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley ... dry desert valley. The rocks move about 15 ...