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Ice rafts not sails: Floating the rocks at Racetrack Playa, Paper by Ralph Lorenz et. al.
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post Dec 29 2010, 06:04 PM
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Thanks once again to Jason B for making this intriguing paper accessible to all: http://barnesos.net/publications/papers/20...track.Rafts.pdf
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post Jan 2 2011, 09:09 AM
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If that is out, then so is just about every other way to track them in an accurate way. Any system used is going to need equipment in close vicinity to track the movements accurately. Units I was suggesting can be as small as a stack of a couple (3/4) small coins and have a range of several hundred feet to a mile or two depending on what your receiver is capable of. This would be a very minor footprint compared to some other possible systems that will require several pieces of equipment around each monitored stone. A UAV could also be used to circle the playa for several hours every couple of hours as another option. That would also provide a minimal footprint if flown high enough but it would also be costly and at risking a crash, seems less advisable.


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- ngunn   Ice rafts not sails: Floating the rocks at Racetrack Playa   Dec 29 2010, 06:04 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Fascinating paper Ralph. This is one of my favori...   Dec 29 2010, 06:18 PM
- - djellison   I must get up there and Gigapan the place. It...   Dec 29 2010, 07:11 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I suppose others have already thought of solar pow...   Dec 29 2010, 07:14 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 29 2010, 02:14 P...   Dec 29 2010, 10:44 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   Reading your paper Ralph it looks like the occurre...   Dec 30 2010, 12:21 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 29 2010, 07:21 P...   Dec 30 2010, 01:22 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 29 2010, 07:21 P...   Jan 12 2012, 05:10 AM
- - PDP8E   Ralph, Thank you for that fascinating paper! ...   Dec 30 2010, 08:29 PM
- - nprev   Real blue-sky suggestion here, but would putting l...   Dec 31 2010, 01:48 AM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 30 2010, 08:48 PM) rem...   Dec 31 2010, 01:43 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 30 2010, 08:48 PM) Rea...   Dec 31 2010, 01:50 PM
|- - ZLD   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 31 2010, 01:48 AM) Rea...   Dec 31 2010, 04:59 PM
- - Julius   i've just seen a programme on weird or what...   Dec 31 2010, 09:30 AM
- - nprev   Hmm. Got it, Ralph. Well, let's see: How abou...   Jan 1 2011, 09:44 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 31 2010, 08:59 AM) I wou...   Jan 2 2011, 01:44 AM
- - ZLD   If that is out, then so is just about every other ...   Jan 2 2011, 09:09 AM
- - Floyd   Ralph, very nice paper. My niece works for the Na...   Jan 20 2011, 02:29 PM
- - Floyd   Well the rocks move slowly so it took a few years ...   Aug 27 2014, 10:28 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (Floyd @ Aug 27 2014, 06:28 PM) Wel...   Sep 1 2014, 12:05 AM
- - nprev   I remember first reading about this in 1973, and o...   Aug 28 2014, 04:19 AM


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