The Dancing Rocks of Death Valley

Well at last the mystery may be solved, and it has nothing to do with water at all

Though this is not conclusive yet much new research done by the people I credit on the opening OP has found some interesting results, and may in turn answer some questions about things seen on Mars to, and seen by many especially in the alternative community as evidence of "tracks" caused by machines etc.

I thought the ice theory was a bit lame as the big one would sink or get encassed in ice....here on earth this OP

It appears this area being unique almost in the world for being so flat, (the lake bed) and also as a Valley to creates huge amounts of wind velocities at the surface of the lake:

Figuring out how the rocks dance may seem silly, but it's helped researchers understand a type of air pollution that threatens some populated areas of Southern California. Dr. Thomas Cahill, a physicist and atmospheric scientist at the University of California, Davis, calculated that the velocity of the winds moving the rocks at Racetrack Playa has to be around 100 mph. Messina and Clarke's work confirms that finding.

Cahill used that knowledge to measure wind velocities at the surface of Owens Lake (since Racetrack Playa is a designated wilderness area, measuring devices cannot be left on the lake bed). It was an effort that up until that time was considered folly because the popular theory was that steady high winds never hug the ground except in tornadoes or hurricanes. In fact, Cahill measured 95 mph winds just a few centimeters above the surface.

Wow 95 mph just off the surface of the lake...

"People don't believe it," he says, "especially in Europe and the East, but I've watched railroad ties be picked up and driven through sand dunes. We've measured the highest wind shears ever recorded."

Berkely.Edu Multimedia Updated Dancing Rocks

So it seems that it may at last been proven by showing similar results from the other area and showing them at work on the Playa.

Water and Ice lol, so sure so many were.

Anyhow this opens up the following to, as pointed out in mike Singhs excellent Thread Mysteries of The Moon and Mars Where you can see photo's of similar tracks on Mars

Many strange objects, and formations are apparent, I am open minded on many of these, however after this new research I don't think the UFO/Alternative community can use "tracks" as evidence of life elsewhere, we know on many planets like mars the winds are much more powerful than on the earth, therefore we could expect to see this phenomina on many planets with flat dry, dusty and windy environments.

However this is encouraging to solve this mystery I am still not 100% sure only 99.9% as as observed in the Playa situation, not all of the rocks move, if the wind is that localised why do 2 so close get acted on differantly, and after moving some of the huge distances as measured they would (the one being acted on) not then be in the location of such localised effects. It does seem some of the rocks have been moving regularly for many years, and that to me is still a mystery when others do not at all.

It probably then could be taken that maybe the ones that do move have a "Bottom" contour, shape or friction property within certain parameters that allows the energy of the wind to overcome the gravity and friction/grip of the rock based on its weight.

Kind regards,

Elf.