Hosted on MSN

Death Valley's "Racing Rocks" Inspire Experiment To Make Ice Move On Its Own

For decades, Racetrack Playa in California’s Death Valley and its "racing rocks", or "sailing stones", was a mystery that inspired speculation ranging from epic storms to supernatural intervention. A ...
Hosted on MSN

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

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 ...
IFLScience

Death Valley's "Racing Rocks" Inspire Experiment To Make Ice Move On Its Own

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...