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:
Here’s another of the same slope I found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uLIJB-aoI