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Comment by ck2

18 hours ago

reminds me vaguely of "Sailing Stones"

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones

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dualarte  17 hours ago

> This suggests that this water buoyantly lifts the ice floes with embedded rocks until friction with the playa bed is reduced sufficiently for wind to move them and cause the observed tracks.

Wow, that's nuts!

eleventen  17 hours ago

My first thought as well!

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