[Rockhounds] Racetrack Playa: The home of Death Valley's mysterious 'sailing stones'

[Alan Silverstein]

> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/racetrack-playa-the-home-of-death-valley-s-mysterious-sailing-stones

Very cool!  Walking around the Racetrack observing the stones and their
tracks years ago was an amazing experience.  One time hiking from the
Grandstand a couple miles all the way south to the source of the rocks
at some cliffs -- meeting others who drove the road.

There was one evening when I hiked alone up Ubehebe Peak, nearby to the
west, descending into a very windy rainstorm.  I thought, "I'm gonna go
be the first person to see the rocks move!"  Alas it just didn't rain
that much -- it's an incredibly arid desert after all.  And as the
article makes clear, the suspicion was confirmed that floating ice
sheets are required.

Cheers,
Alan Silverstein