A dramatic portrait-oriented movie poster showing a vast cracked desert playa under a cold winter sky, with thin sheets of ice and large moving stones. The title 'The Mystery of Death Valley's Sailing Stones' is prominently displayed at the top.

In the serene Death Valley, heavy rocks appear to glide across a cracked playa, leaving mysterious trails.

What moves the sailing stones of Death Valley?

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Thin sheets of ice form on shallow winter ponds, setting the stage for this rare natural phenomenon.

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Badwater Basin at Sunset. Salt crust and clouds reflection. Death Valley National Park. California, USA

Death Valley’s flooded salt flats, which looked like ice on this cold morning in the desert.

Under gentle breezes, the fragile ice slowly drives these ancient stones along the soft mud, revealing nature's subtle power.

Mystery of Death Valley’s ’Sailing Stones’ Solved

A winter storm lingers over Badwater Basin and the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley National Park.

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The Mystery of Death Valley's Sailing Stones

In the serene Death Valley, heavy rocks appear to glide across a cracked playa, leaving mysterious trails.
Thin sheets of ice form on shallow winter ponds, setting the stage for this rare natural phenomenon.
Under gentle breezes, the fragile ice slowly drives these ancient stones along the soft mud, revealing nature's subtle power.

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The Mystery of Death Valley's Sailing Stones

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