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Sailing Stones - Geological phenomenon in which rocks move [...] without animal intervention. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How is this creepy?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It was creepy when I was a kid, before they figured out what makes them move.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

That's fair. Didn't think about that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

The movement of the rocks occurs when large, thin sheets of ice floating on an ephemeral winter pond break up in the sun.

So a small puddle forms in the shade, under the rock, which freezes and causes the rock to slide forward a little bit. Over time this scoots the rock across the ground and leaves a trail that looks like it was pushed but with no footprints nearby.

Very cool!