Uploaded March 2006 | Updated September 2026, 40 minutes ago
Captured on video for the first time: the mysterious forces that move rocks across the surface of Racetrack Playa in California's Death Valley.
Nobody has ever seen these rocks move, but they leave trails across the dried mud surface often hundreds of yards long. But on this cold winter morning, when the snowmelt covered the playa, we finally saw what nobody before had ever captured on film.
To purchase a license for the original full-res footage, email brian at skeptoid dot com.
Captured on video for the first time: the mysterious forces that move rocks across the surface of Racetrack Playa in California's Death Valley.
Nobody has ever seen these rocks move, but they leave trails across the dried mud surface often hundreds of yards long. But on this cold winter morning, when the snowmelt covered the playa, we finally saw what nobody before had ever captured on film.
To purchase a license for the original full-res footage, email brian at skeptoid dot com.
