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RHP, that is one spectacle - did you get buzzed whilst aligning hat one up - seems to be some sensitivity about getting too close

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umoe_Mandal

 

http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php?topic=57152.0;all

 

The moving rocks, also known as sliding rocks or sailing stones, are a geological phenomenon found in Racetrack Playa, a seasonally dry lake (a playa) located in the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley National Park , California . The rocks move across the surface of the playa, leaving long tracks behind them as they go, without human or animal intervention. They have never been seen or filmed in motion.

Racetrack rocks only move once every two or three years and most tracks last for just three or four years. Rocks with rough bottoms leave straight striated tracks while those with smooth bottoms wander.
Most of the moving stones originate from an 850 foot (260 m) high hillside made of dark dolomite on the south end of the playa, but some are intrusive igneous rock from adjacent slopes. Tracks are often tens to hundreds of feet (low to high tens of meters) long, a few to 12 inches (8 to 30 cm) wide, and typically less than an inch (2.5 cm) deep.

Over the years there were many speculations and possible explanations made on how the stones move, ranging from supernatural to very complex. Most hypotheses favoured by interested geologists posit that strong winds when the mud is wet are at least in part responsible. But some stones weigh as much as a human, which some researchers feel is too heavy for the area's wind to move. They maintain that ice sheets around the stones either help to catch the wind or move in ice flows.
But both theories don't explain how two rocks right next to each other could go in two opposite directions or one could stay put while the one three times the size, doesn't. So far every attempt of explanation has been insufficient and purely assumptive. The mystery of moving rocks is yet to be revealed.

Read more about this phenomena at ... http://geology.com/articles/racetrack-playa-sliding-rocks.shtml ... Go figure?

 

and more... - - . . still on topic - - they are called "SAILING STONES"

 

If we see this on Mars I would start to wonder.

It's here, so I think humans are involved just like with most crop circles.

Very cool, I have no answers to defend, only awe and wonder.

http://www.inkycircus.com/jargon/2006/06/wrinkles_badder.html

 

"I sort of knew I was inverted. It all seemed to take so long. I consciously thought "righto boy, when this thing smacks down... get the hell out of it because you're gonna be upside down"!!!"
http://www.sailrocket.com/live/?q=blog/3

 

That is cool.
http://www.sailrocket.com/boat-components.htm

 

Blared has some good ones:
http://www.boatdesign.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/12457/ppuser/10071

 

The US space shuttle Endeavour, mounted on top of a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, flies over California's Mojave Desert on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

 

Definitely one of the most impressive sights in aviation, RHP.

One tends to think of the Shuttle as being a rather large vehicle.... until you see it piggybacked on the big Boeing.

 

what the hell

Hey, it's Christmas day. Why haven't the more morally challanged among us posted any eye candy for us to view. Some nice boats to back up the sweet young lasses would be nice too.

 

Just google "**** sites" and you should be rewarded for your own gratification?

 

http://www.hovpod.com/news/news.html

 

"Ouch, that has got to be a **** sight"