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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. New Plan by spankey51 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1.) Slide rocks across desert... 2.) ??? 3.) Profit!!!

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  2. Re:Begs the question by Buelldozer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Put a heavy rock on the base. That should hold it!