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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. Another possibility by suso · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe this is what moved them.

  2. Global Warming by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: -1, Troll
    WTF is right. This is an excellet demonstration of how little we really know about this planet and how it works.

    Science can't explain a few rocks scooting over the desert, yet is confident enough to make roaring extrapolations about global warming etc.

    A mere 35 years ago, the theory was that mountains "just rose up" because teutonic plate theory was just too crazy to accept. Now teutonics is accepted by most. Yes, science does continue to advance, but we should never think we really have any true answers yet. In 50 years maybe we'll be looking back at what we thought in 2007 and laugh at how naive we were back then.

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  3. Re:Any word on magnetic influence? by orclevegam · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, it's caused by the continential tilt. It causes all the loose cannons and nuts and bolts to roll towards California. Well, the nuts at any rate.
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