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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — For decades, the enigmatic “sailing stones” of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park have captivated scientists and visitors alike. There are large rocks, some ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. QUICK FACTS Name: Racetrack Playa Location: Death Valley National Park, California Coordinates: ...

California's remote, beautiful, and foreboding Death Valley has held a mystery for almost a century: it has stones that seem to move on their own, when no one is looking. It happens at Racetrack Playa ...

Deep within the unforgiving expanse of the California Desert lies Death Valley, home to one of the world's greatest enduring ...

Since the 1940's, scientists and visitors to Death Valley National Park have marveled at and pondered the mystery of its 'sailing stones.' Hundreds of rocks from pebble to boulder-size plow their way ...

The world is absolutely jam-packed with mysterious phenomena, some of which have an obvious scientific explanation, others that baffle and confuse onlookers. Of course, everything has a proper ...

Racetrack Playa is home to an enduring Death Valley mystery. Littered across the surface of this dry lake, also called a "playa," are hundreds of rocks -- some weighing as much as 320 kilograms (700 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In Death Valley's Racetrack Playa, rocks seem to slide across the flat lakebed under their own ...

Picture this. All over a flat, dried-up lake in famously desolate Death Valley are hundreds of huge rocks, spread randomly. Behind each of them lies an impossibly smooth trail, as if the rocks have ...