Death Valley Racetrack Playa rocks thin ice wind

Light winds move rocks across Death Valley

Up To 224 M

At Racetrack Playa, a winter pond can freeze into sheets of ice only a few millimeters thick. Light winds push the ice, which moves rocks across the ground. In December 2013, researchers watched more than 60 rocks move; some traveled up to 224 meters.

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