Talk:Sailing stones

message: This article was split from Racetrack Playa. Edit history from before June 5, 2007 can be found in that article. -- MisterHand 14:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split from [[Racetrack Playa]] 

message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hoiHvOeGc
Seems like this should be mentioned in the article Boonukem 20:15, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, that video shows how the rocks move. Mystery solved 198.6.46.11 20:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. There's no footage of the rocks actually moving. Until it's verified experimentally (probably by getting someone to sit out on likely nights and watch), this hypothesis remains untested (albeit likely). Also, I don't think YouTube counts as a credible source. Maltrich 05:49, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Looks pretty conclusive. I'm actually kind of disappointed. I had hoped it would be gremlins or something.   –Justin Force 18:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: i doubt that a thin film of water moving that slowly could move 100-lb rocks hundreds of feet. 71.60.151.41 (talk) 19:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why the heck doesn't someone just put a webcam taking pictures a couple times a second near a bunch of rocks? Wouldn't that solve this puzzle? --Robotbeat (talk) 21:12, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In regards to 71.60.151.41, glaciers can do this easily to entire mountains, so I can see a little boulder presenting almsot no resistance if it is ice/water flow. 137.122.72.15 (talk) 21:31, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video of water flowing across the surface

message: there appears to be a word missing from the paragraph about "Karen": 
:The stone may have created its 570 straight and old track 
570 what - feet? i don't want to guess, so i hope someone who knows what they're talking about will fix this.
as long as i'm here: the part about "certain conditions are thought to be required" seems to promote one of the theories about the stones, which seems kind of "POV-ish". the effort (below it) to present different theories covers that theory; does it need to be presented twice? 
interesting read - thanks Sssoul (talk) 15:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  missing  word? 

message: Maybe earth quakes are also here the reason for the movement (look at: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?_=1318531724342&i=earth+quake+death+valley&fp=1&incTime=true)--92.203.76.233 (talk) 18:57, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a reliable source discussing this as a theory? - SummerPhD (talk) 19:57, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: earth quakes

message: Maybe a group of locals are doing this to attract attention from people into paranormal activities.173.58.96.84 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 17:22, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's an ice flow. The valley lightly fills up, then freezes. The ice flow pushes the rock, which drags against the sand. The ice then melts, the water then evaporates. The mud hardens which keeps its shape for a long time. The event occurs during the "winter" periods of the valley.
-G  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.13.64 (talk) 22:58, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could it be a hoax? 

message: about merging back to Racetrack Playa
Can someone give me a reason why this was split off? This is specific to RTP and I think it should go back home. I will be requesting this to happen from the PTB in the next week or so. Cap020570 (talk) 17:42, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. While the most famous sailing stones are at Racetrack Playa, that's not the only place they occur. For example, they also occur at Little Bonnie Claire Playa, near Death Valley – see  and . Mojoworker (talk) 06:43, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

text: The phenomenon is most pronounced at Racetrack and that area has seen the most research. And no doubt, these things are pretty rare... I did add some information about Bonnie Claire Playa to the article. Mojoworker (talk) 03:58, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: opinions

message: I visited racetrack around Christmas December 2013 just after Richard Norris documented rock movements. I was not aware of their work that time. I had taken pictures of the shallow water covering Racetrack playa which froze overnight and melted in the morning, contributing to the rock movements (as explained by Richard's research team). If it helps, I can contribute to this page by providing those pictures.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmahto (talk • contribs) 23:01, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. It couldn't hurt. Go ahead and upload them here or to Commons. Mojoworker (talk) 03:53, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture of frozen shallow water covering Racetrack playa 

message: Thanks. Beautiful prose and fascinating topic. --58.111.120.18 (talk) 17:16, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great article 

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:Such gusts are thought to be the initiating force, while momentum and sustained winds keep the stones moving, possibly as fast as a moderate run (only half the force required to start a stone sailing is needed to keep it in motion).
The last two links, to static friction and dynamic friction, don't seem applicable given that the rock are moving on a muddy rather than solid surface. Chriswaterguy talk 07:46, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Static versus dynamic friction not relevant