Skip Waits For A Rock To Move And It Won't While He Watches

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip is at Racetrack Playa in the United States. Skip, what are we looking at?

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I am standing on a dry lake in Death Valley National Park, California, and this is my big break.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA dry lake.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentBone dry. My shoes have cracked like the ground. My left sole is now just a suggestion.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentIt is famous for sailing stones, Hank. Rocks that leave long trails across the lakebed, all by themselves.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd have you seen one sail?

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentNo. Researchers filmed them in twenty fourteen, pushed by thin sheets of ice and light wind, per Wikipedia.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo they move when conditions are right.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA few metres a minute. I have stared at this one for hours. It has not blinked. My face is a raisin.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMaybe it is shy.

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    Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentMy phone shows one thing, a clock, and no signal. Wish you were here, Hank. Is the desk chair still free?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you, Skip. Keep watching that rock. Scientists say they can move a few metres a minute when the conditions align just right.