The Mysterious Moving Rocks at the famous Racetrack, Death Valley in California are reputed to move. Although no one
has ever witnessed the event, the tracks leave room forno other plausible explanation. It is hypothesized that when the surface
of the playa is wet or frosted, strong winds cause the rocks to slide and leave their trails behind them on the
mud as they make their way. There are many rocks that appear to break off from cliffs at the south end of the playa, some
weighing as much as 3/4 ton, and move as much as twomiles. Trails created by the rocks vary in length and direction, most
trails are parallel to others, some show gradual curving or sharp turns or even make complete loops.

These two particular rocks had moved from a far distance and traveled close together, the small one possibly had made
a "U turn" twice (by looking at its trail), waiting for thelarge one, and lovely merged just behind. These two rocks and trails
forming a "V" shape like a necklace over a mountain in the background.
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