| Mysterious Sailing Stones | January 28, 2011 |
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Though the population of Planet Earth will hit seven billion people this year, not one of them has ever seen one of Death Valley's famous sailing stones do its thing. Sailing stones (some just pebbles, others 700-pound boulders) move along the floor of the Racetrack Playa, at times dramatically changing direction. Scientists are still baffled as to why or how they move, though many have theories (including high winds, mud, ice, or a combination of the three). Still, no human has ever witnessed this phenomenon firsthand, and the meandering scars on the desert floor are the only proof of its existence. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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I've been through Death Valley 2 times now... The last time we tried to go see this, but it would REALLY out of the way... Like 27 miles each way. And we had already put a good day's site seeing in.
So, the NEXT time we're in that part of California, it might be the ONLY thing we go to see! Cause its supposed to be really cool. At first, I thought it was a desert tortoise!
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