12 March 2016
Nasty dancing rocks: boulders in Glenwood Canyon
Posted by Dave Petley
Nasty dancing rocks
This video was apparently shot in Glenwood Canyon in Colorado in February 2016 by Heidi Swain. It is a great example of what is sometimes described as nasty dancing rocks – i.e. boulders rolling down steep slopes:
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The manner in which some boulders start rotating and thus accelerate down the slope, with large bounces, is very apparent in the video, as is shown in this captured image:

Nasty dancing rocks – a still from a Youtube video by Heidi Swain

Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
Here’s another of the same slope I found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uLIJB-aoI