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„Sliding Rock at the Racetrack Playa Death Valley USA“

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A stone lies at the end of it's track on the dry hard playa in the Racetrack Valley of Death Valley National Park, California.

Picture ID: 441b297
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Fatemeh Fatahy Abbarik liked this artwork 2021-01-02 10:27:03 UTC
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Deleted Person 2013-01-13 03:37:41 UTC
Quite bumpy to get there! Nice! ;-)
Chris Lord liked this artwork 2012-10-18 21:30:10 UTC
Ed Book 2011-09-15 17:54:20 UTC
(creator of the artwork)
Howdy Norbert,
At the edge of the dry lake there is a cliff where rocks loosened by weather tumble down onto the playa. In winter there will occasionally be a rainstorm which makes the clay playa soft and when the temperature drops, the water on the surface freezes capturing the rocks in the ice. Then when strong winds come up, the ice moves across the slick surface, dragging the rocks. When the playa dries out, it shrinks and cracks into the pattern seen in the image and gets hard. No one has witnessed this happen but there is not other explanation. This location is in a remote part of Death Valley National Park with a long very rough road leading to it.

Peace,
Ed
Deleted Person 2011-09-15 18:06:21 UTC
olla ed,
thank you, good explanation. still creepy though :) i love nature. makes a stone walking.
also a great photo btw!
take care,
norbert
Deleted Person 2011-09-15 17:41:43 UTC
how does it move?
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