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Mysterious Roving Rocks of Racetrack Playa

2017-12-08

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

There's nothing special about these rocks, which are ordinary dolomite from the surrounding mountains. The rocks move because of where they are, not what they are made of.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/Maggie McAdam

To read a feature story on the Racetrack Playa go to: www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/roving-rocks.html

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.

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  • Title: Mysterious Roving Rocks of Racetrack Playa
  • Date Created: 2017-12-08
  • Location: Greenbelt, MD
  • Rights: GSFC
  • Album: ayoung

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