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Sliding Rocks Bemuse Scientists

Posted by kdawson on from the no-footprints dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists can't figure out why these rocks — weighing up to several hundred pounds each — slide across a dry lake bed. The leading theory proposes that wind moves the rocks after a rain when the lake bed consists of soft and very slippery mud.

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  1. Mark Newman Poster by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mark Newman has a very nice sliding rock poster with a good shot of rock and trail in a variety of sizes.

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    It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?