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Al Naslaa Rock Formation in Saudi Arabia

32 points by SQL2219 5y ago

bostonsre 5y ago
Egypt isn't that far away, isn't it possible that there was some technology transfer between those that built the pyramids and the area that has the rock?
- kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
  It was Moses test firing the JSL.
  - robbedpeter 5y ago
    Thank you for setting this straight.
emmelaich 5y ago
Ridiculous article about an interesting rock formation. Aliens with lasers? Please.
- ncmncm 5y ago
  Same problem as for all megalithic structures: why should aliens give a crap about rocks? All of the ancient megaliths, Old World and New, share well earned fascination. But what is fascinating is how people (often) without metal tools, materials science, advanced mathematics, or so much as a block and tackle, cut, transported, and fitted such monstrous stones into edifices that often still stand. What is certain is that we still have a great deal more to learn about what the ancients did, and how, than we now know; and plenty of that cannot fail, if ever elucidated, to astonish us, if only we pay attention. Is this one natural? It is hard to believe. Is it a made thing? That seems equally hard, but for different reasons. People insisting on one or the other know less than those who admit they don't know.
sammalloy 5y ago
> due to the precise break that separates one half of the formation from the other. While it may look like a simple crack in the foundation of the sandstone, the break is so exact and straight that it looks as if though someone took a laser to the rock to split it apart. In addition, the two remarkably heavy sides of the formation seem to balance on nothing more than thin pieces of rock, appearing to nearly gravitate in thin air. I'm pretty certain this is all easily explained by simple weathering and there are quite a number of examples of this kind of rock in the geological literature.
- EForEndeavour 5y ago
  I'd love to see other documented examples of weirdly perfectly split rocks!
  - ducktective 5y ago
    Pumapunku comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku Obligatory Ancient Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMZyl6zbKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMZyl6zbKU

32 points by SQL2219 5y ago

Egypt isn't that far away, isn't it possible that there was some technology transfer between those that built the pyramids and the area that has the rock?

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
It was Moses test firing the JSL.
- robbedpeter 5y ago
  Thank you for setting this straight.

emmelaich 5y ago

Ridiculous article about an interesting rock formation. Aliens with lasers? Please.

ncmncm 5y ago
Same problem as for all megalithic structures: why should aliens give a crap about rocks? All of the ancient megaliths, Old World and New, share well earned fascination. But what is fascinating is how people (often) without metal tools, materials science, advanced mathematics, or so much as a block and tackle, cut, transported, and fitted such monstrous stones into edifices that often still stand. What is certain is that we still have a great deal more to learn about what the ancients did, and how, than we now know; and plenty of that cannot fail, if ever elucidated, to astonish us, if only we pay attention. Is this one natural? It is hard to believe. Is it a made thing? That seems equally hard, but for different reasons. People insisting on one or the other know less than those who admit they don't know.

sammalloy 5y ago

> due to the precise break that separates one half of the formation from the other. While it may look like a simple crack in the foundation of the sandstone, the break is so exact and straight that it looks as if though someone took a laser to the rock to split it apart. In addition, the two remarkably heavy sides of the formation seem to balance on nothing more than thin pieces of rock, appearing to nearly gravitate in thin air. I'm pretty certain this is all easily explained by simple weathering and there are quite a number of examples of this kind of rock in the geological literature.

EForEndeavour 5y ago
I'd love to see other documented examples of weirdly perfectly split rocks!
- ducktective 5y ago
  Pumapunku comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku Obligatory Ancient Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMZyl6zbKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMZyl6zbKU