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A few days back we reported the phenomenon of the Moving Stones found in several locations around the world including, most famously, Death Valley. Community member evilviper and an Anonymous Coward update us with reports that they have now been filmed:
Remember those stones in death valley which leaves mysterious tracks across the desert floor? Turns out they've been caught in the act and the process responsible for it is liquid water and thin sheets of ice.
Geologists have been studying the moving rocks since 1948, when the first scientific study suggested they were driven by dust devils. Theories over the decades have included sporadic hurricane-force winds when the surface is covered with rain water, or rocks carried across the mud by small rafts of ice, or UFOs. But until the Norrises had an incredible stroke of luck that day last December, no one had scientifically verified the phenomenon.
http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Features/2014/09/03/Solved-The-riddle-of-the-rolling-rocks/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/death-valleys-famous-moving-stones-caught-in-the-act/
(Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Friday September 05 2014, @12:28AM
Did it occur to you this was NOBODY's priority? The place is in the middle of frikkin nowhere.
In hind sight its easy to say they shoulda they coulda. But even Wiki says The stones move only every two or three years and most tracks develop over three or four years. This has always been an out of pocket study.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.