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Sailing stones leave long trails across dry lake beds

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Massive rocks seemingly drag themselves across remote desolate mudflats when nobody is looking. It requires the absolute perfect combination of thin ice sheets and light winds to push these lazy boulders a few inches.

Sailing stones leave long trails across dry lake beds
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