Racetrack Area: Mystery of the Moving Rocks

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Racetrack Valley is home to one of Death Valley's most famous and unusual geologic mysteries - "moving rocks".  This rare phenomenon of rocks "mysteriously" moving across the flat lakebed of the Racetrack Playa continues to fascinate and puzzle both geologists and scientists (and the rest of us)  to this day.  The mystery lies not in if they move but how they move.  As the rocks move across the playa's [glossary] surface, they leave clear evidence of their movement by etching "tracks" into the mud behind them.

June 2005 Version
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