Racetrack Death Valley Rock Movement Explained in Video
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:03 am
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyHcs7B27Zk[/youtube]
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Bob Sihler wrote:For years, I have been going there at night and dragging the stones along just to mess with people. It's all a hoax.
Bob Sihler wrote:For years, I have been going there at night and dragging the stones along just to mess with people. It's all a hoax.
splattski wrote:The movie takes all the fun out of it.
It was calculated that a wind speed of 480mph was required to move such a rock over slippery mud. Ironically, the reality of these tracks is pretty mundane. All that's needed is a precise set of conditions to create such tracks: winter, precipitation, and wind.
The playa is submerged in enough water to surround these rocks. The water freezes to a depth of several inches. Additional water comes in and raises the ice AND the ice-locked rocks. A light breeze is all that is required to blow the ice around and drag the rock 'keels' through the soft mud, creating tracks. The water then evaporates leaving behind mud tracks and mystified humans.
This theory explains ALL track phenomenon and was made based on direct observation back in the 1920s and published in a respectable journal. But nobody pays attention to old guys anymore. Not even the NPS which still promulgates a "mysterious" reason for these tracks.
mrchad9 wrote:I think this has been known for some time though... decades in fact. What's really cool is seeing this on video.
FortMental wrote this comment on a pic I had of The Racetrack three years ago... and it matches the explanation in the video.It was calculated that a wind speed of 480mph was required to move such a rock over slippery mud. Ironically, the reality of these tracks is pretty mundane. All that's needed is a precise set of conditions to create such tracks: winter, precipitation, and wind.
The playa is submerged in enough water to surround these rocks. The water freezes to a depth of several inches. Additional water comes in and raises the ice AND the ice-locked rocks. A light breeze is all that is required to blow the ice around and drag the rock 'keels' through the soft mud, creating tracks. The water then evaporates leaving behind mud tracks and mystified humans.
This theory explains ALL track phenomenon and was made based on direct observation back in the 1920s and published in a respectable journal. But nobody pays attention to old guys anymore. Not even the NPS which still promulgates a "mysterious" reason for these tracks.
jesu, joy of man's desiring wrote:That video is total bullshit . Demonic forces or the Holy Spirit are moving those rocks around
Wake up, people. And don't be deceived by overweight, satanic scientists
mrchad9 wrote:I think this has been known for some time though... decades in fact. What's really cool is seeing this on video.
FortMental wrote this comment on a pic I had of The Racetrack three years ago... and it matches the explanation in the video.It was calculated that a wind speed of 480mph was required to move such a rock over slippery mud. Ironically, the reality of these tracks is pretty mundane. All that's needed is a precise set of conditions to create such tracks: winter, precipitation, and wind.
The playa is submerged in enough water to surround these rocks. The water freezes to a depth of several inches. Additional water comes in and raises the ice AND the ice-locked rocks. A light breeze is all that is required to blow the ice around and drag the rock 'keels' through the soft mud, creating tracks. The water then evaporates leaving behind mud tracks and mystified humans.
This theory explains ALL track phenomenon and was made based on direct observation back in the 1920s and published in a respectable journal. But nobody pays attention to old guys anymore. Not even the NPS which still promulgates a "mysterious" reason for these tracks.
Noondueler wrote:Word has it that young Jedi trainees from an ancient school in the Dagobah System were deployed there to test and hone their capacity to moving basic objects with psycho-kinetic powers. It was abandoned in the 50's when the Roswell incident brought too much heat from the US Military.
Not only that, if you hang out at night around Tea Kettle Junction spirits swirl up out of the ground and dance about.
Been telling people about this shit for years. They just think I'm crazy and snicker behind my back but I know better.