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Dancing Rocks : Mysteriously moving stones in Death Valley leave whimsical trails. How do they do that?
Heed the words of Robert frost one day and take a road less traveled by, one that will make all the difference. Go northwest from Furnace Creek in Death Valley, between the jagged rim of the Grapevine Mountains and the peaks and canyons of the Cottonwood range. Turn south-southwest past the vast bowl of Ubehebe Crater, and take a rocky unpaved track for 25 miles until you descend into a broad desert valley. Slow down now, rest your rut-and-boulder-shaken frame. Around one last bend in the water- gouged and gullied road prepare for a sight the like of which you have never imagined: the tracks of the sliding rocks of Racetrack Playa.
Only 2.8 miles from north to ...
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- Weatherwise Darack, Ed January 1, 2003 700+ words
...mechanism responsible for the rocks' movement remains a...region to see the bizarre rocks trails, which are located...northwestern hinterlands of Death Valley National Park. Hobbyists...all the known moving rocks and their trails until...of striated, twisted rock rises to meet the ...
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- Magazine article from: National Parks Dougherty, Ryan September 22, 2004 700+ words
...mysteries. The sliding rocks, from pebbles to 500 pound boulders, of Death Valley National Park's Racetrack...conditions that causes the rocks to slide," says Alan...park interpreter at Death Valley. "We're talking...strong enough to move rocks that are several hundred...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) September 27, 1999 700+ words
...quake struck at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and was centered about 20 miles north northwest of Stovepipe Wells, a camping area at Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, said Nick Scheckel, a seismologist with the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena...
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...hundred people make Death Valley their home, serving...There's a place in Death Valley where the rocks move, seemingly on...In the heart of Death Valley there stands a plain...formations. The oldest rocks on earth are in the...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire April 8, 2008 700+ words
...DVNHA) to support its "Death Valley ROCKS" program and its mission of...at www.dvnha.org. The Death Valley ROCKS program comes from a deep belief...experience nature first hand. The Death Valley ROCKS program transports classrooms...
- Geology lessons in Death Valley.
- Magazine article from: Sunset Jaffe, Matthew February 1, 1995 700+ words
...bliss. In Death Valley, the idea...follow the rock. The journey...canyons are rocks that don...in one of Death Valley's canyons...where the rocks aren't...canyons in Death Valley is Mosaic...the harder rock resists the...
- Near fatal attraction The beauty of Death Valley can be almost overwhelming
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Dolores Kong, Globe Staff April 28, 1996 700+ words
Death Valley is both oasis and...should be, with rocks sliding across mud...you may have that Death Valley is nothing more...natural wonders of Death Valley, the elements of...the sliding rocks, found in the area...
- VALLEY OF LIFE; CONTRARY TO ITS UNSAVORY REPUTATION, DEATH VALLEY IS A VIBRANT...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) January 9, 2000 700+ words
...basin, christened it Death Valley. Even today, if you...them you're going to Death Valley, they're more likely...Hemisphere, curious rock formations that produce...and the Auto Club - Death Valley is infinitely more hospitable...