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Title: Death Valley Racetrack
Post by: erik on August 02, 2012, 05:55:55 PM

The Racetrack Playa, or The Racetrack, is a scenic dry lake feature with "sailing stones" that leave linear "racetrack" imprints. It is located above the northwestern side of Death Valley, in Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, U.S..

The sailing stones are a geological phenomenon found in the Racetrack. The stones slowly move across the surface of the playa, leaving a track as they go, without human or animal intervention. They have never been seen or filmed in motion. Racetrack stones only move once every two or three years and most tracks last for three or four years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_Playa

(http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/images/Racetrack---09_1.gif)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kGObPv-CdgY/TbBjOcdRiVI/AAAAAAAAABM/CHNJyXkQLtA/s1600/calligraphy_playa_racetrack_death_valley_flt.jpg)

Title: Re: Death Valley Racetrack
Post by: erik on August 02, 2012, 05:58:20 PM

(http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/img/california_deserts/traffic_jam_2008.jpg)

(http://www.w9imaging.com/workshops/images/Racetrack_2655.jpg)

Title: Re: Death Valley Racetrack
Post by: erik on August 02, 2012, 06:05:06 PM

(http://planetoddity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/sailing-stones-9.jpg)

Title: Re: Death Valley Racetrack
Post by: Jennifer- on August 02, 2012, 09:26:12 PM

This is weird!