Sailing stones (also called sliding rocks, walking rocks, rolling stones, and moving rocks) are part of the geological phenomenon in which rocks move and inscribe long tracks along a smooth valley floor …

Nov 21, 2025 · How could rocks – driven by some unseen force – slide across the ground, leaving behind a trail? That’s what happens at Racetrack Playa, a dry lake bed at Death Valley National Park …

Known as "sailing stones," the rocks vary in size from a few ounces to hundreds of pounds. Though no one has ever seen them actually move in person, the trails left behind the stones and periodic …

Jun 9, 2013 · You can get a sense of it by sitting at the playa and imagining the perpetual sailing of the stones over time, stretching into millennia.

In Death Valley, California, large rocks have left trails behind them as if they are sailing across the desert of their own volition.

Jun 30, 2025 · Sailing stones, or sliding rocks, are a geological phenomenon where rocks move and create long tracks on a smooth valley floor without any human or animal help.

Sailing stones are a geological phenomenon found in Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa. The stones slowly move across the surface of the playa, apparently without human or animal intervention, and they …

Jan 20, 2025 · Because the stones can sit for a decade or more without moving, the researchers did not originally expect to see motion in person. Instead, they decided to monitor the rocks remotely by …

Jun 17, 2025 · Sailing stones are rocks that mysteriously move across flat desert terrain. You can find them in places like Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, a dry lake bed famous for this phenomenon.

Mar 22, 2024 · These mysterious rocks, also known as sliding rocks or moving rocks, leave long trails behind them as they seemingly move across the flat desert terrain on their own. The exact …