weird purple eggs in desert?

cant post a link, but you can look it up. there were like hundreds/thousands of these weird purple jelly like egg things found in the desert. what do you think they are??

[periwinkle163]

 I'm pretty sure they are water beads.

[Jessica_Esqueda]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_0pG27kPP5w

Looks man made to me. 

[Jessica_Esqueda]

Thats what I thought they were! I had a vase full. 

Quoting Rain2Rinse:

I used them at my wedding. The absorb water and you put them in plants.

We put them in jars with LED lights.

Oh boo, no pics on my phone.

[angelachristine]

they look like those air fresheners with the water beads and one of the news people says that too but I haven't found anything that says for sure what they are.