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Description	Intern Kyle Yawn marked the boundaries of this trail by placing pushpins into cracks in the clay. Now, he photographs the trail to document it. Photo credit: NASA/GSFC/Maggie McAdam To read a feature story on the Racetrack Playa go to: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/roving-rocks.html" rel="nofollow">www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/roving-rocks.html</a> 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. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a>
Date	1 August 2010, 00:00
Source	Mysterious Roving Rocks of Racetrack Playa
Author	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA

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Keywords	Death Valley Racetrack Playa rocks NASA Goddard Space Flight Center California rock tracks Sliding Rocks of Racetrack Playa
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