Sailing stone on the Death Valley Racetrack playa, #25328

Sailing stone on the Death Valley Racetrack playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter., natural history stock photograph, photo id 25328
Sailing stone on the Death Valley Racetrack playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.

Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 25328
Lat/Long: 36.66398, -117.55732 (Coordinates: 36° 39' 50.33" N, 117° 33' 26.35" W)
Altitude: 1128.40m
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: california, death valley, death valley national park, desert, environment, geology, landscape, moving rocks, national parks, nature, outdoors, outside, racetrack, racetrack playa, rock, sailing rocks, sailing stones, scene, scenery, scenic, sliding rocks, usa
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