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Frank Landerville | profile | all galleries >> Death Valley >> Racetrack Playa tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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Racetrack Playa

This area is a seasonally-dry lake bed that is known for its rocks that mysteriously slide across its surface. Strong compressed winds, ice-covered rocks, and slippery mud are the common guesses as to how this happens.

As the legend goes, nobody has ever seen them move.

Fair warning: Getting to Racetrack Playa from Ubehebe Crater requires negotiating a butt-numbing 27-mile washboard road.

Racetrack Playa at night
Racetrack Playa at night		 The Race is on
The Race is on		 Teakettle Junction
Teakettle Junction
Right-angle turn
Right-angle turn		 Following the Rocks
Following the Rocks		 Three Amigos
Three Amigos
Leaving an impression
Leaving an impression

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