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Racetrack

From Death Valley National Park's "Racetrack." See it larger here:

 

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I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

 

Edit: as I understand it, these rocks slide across the desert floor during or after rainstorms when the ground is soft and wet. Extremely high winds and gravity create this phenomenon.

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Uploaded on May 1, 2010
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