Case file · Anomaly hotspot
Sailing stones caught moving
In December 2013 and January 2014 a team led by Richard and James Norris filmed and GPS-tracked the Racetrack stones sliding across the playa for the first time.
2014 CE · 36.67, -117.57 · status: explained
The account
Thin sheets of ice forming on a shallow winter pond broke up on sunny days and, pushed by light winds, shoved the stones a few metres a minute. Results were published in PLOS ONE in 2014.