The answer is no, says geologist Bill Dickinson, an emeritus professor of geology at the University ... the rocks are evidence of a shallow, ephemeral playa lake, not a deep basin large enough ...

In this California desert park full of geological oddities ... The Racetrack is a playa, a dry lake bed, in the northern part of the park where rocks tumble from a bordering bluff.

The playa, which stretches about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, formed around 10,000 years ago, when climatic changes caused an ancient lake to evaporate, leaving behind ...

A tragic accident early Saturday morning resulted in the drowning of a 22-year-old man after his vehicle crashed into a playa ...

Ending a half-century of geological speculation, scientists have finally seen the process that causes rocks to move atop Racetrack Playa, a desert lake bed in the mountains above Death Valley ...

The answer is no, says geologist Bill Dickinson, an emeritus professor of geology at the University ... the rocks are evidence of a shallow, ephemeral playa lake, not a deep basin large enough ...

Ending a half-century of geological speculation, scientists have finally seen the process that causes rocks to move atop Racetrack Playa, a desert lake bed in the mountains above Death Valley ...