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Sailing stones (also called sliding rocks, walking rocks, rolling stones, and moving rocks) are part of the geological phenomenon in which rocks move and inscribe long tracks along a smooth valley floor without animal intervention. The movement of the rocks occurs when large, thin sheets of ice floating on an ephemeral winter pond move and ...
The Racetrack Playa, or The Racetrack, is a scenic dry lake feature with "sailing stones" that inscribe linear "racetrack" imprints. It is located above the northwestern side of Death Valley , in Death Valley National Park , Inyo County, California , U.S.
Jenny Lindfors, also known as the stage name Sailing Stones, is an Irish-Swedish singer-songwriter, vocalist, musician and composer. Under her own name she has released a solo album, When The Night Time Comes (2008) on Flock Music/ PIAS.
A variety of origins have been proposed for the term, including that such stones were taken from broken monuments of St. Nicholas Church in Great Yarmouth [1] or else the ruined church of St. Helens adjacent to the St Helens Road anchorage of the Isle of Wight where ships would often provision. The US Navy has it that the term may have come ...
In 1872, a stone inscribed with Phoenician writing was allegedly discovered in Paraíba, Brazil. [7] [8] It tells of a Phoenician ship which, due to a storm, was separated from a fleet sailing from Egypt around Africa; it also mentions the pharaoh Necho I or Necho II. [7]
Sailing stone in Racetrack Playa. A dry lake is formed when water from rain or other sources, like intersection with a water table, flows into a dry depression in the landscape, creating a pond or lake. If the total annual evaporation rate exceeds the total annual inflow, the depression will eventually become dry again, forming a dry lake.
Sailing stones, rocks that move in long tracks along a smooth valley floor without human or animal intervention Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
5 other moving stones. 6 earth quakes. 2 comments. 7 Could it be a hoax? 3 comments. 8 opinions. 5 comments. 9 ...