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zegalba · 11 months ago
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Al Naslaa, earths most bizarre geological rock formation
In the Saudi Arabian desert, the Al Naslaa rock formation looks completely unnatural. Its perfectly vertical split remains a mystery. With petroglyphs dating back thousands of years and evidence of human inhabitants dating back to the Bronze Age, the Al Naslaa rock formation towers over its surroundings.
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aboutoriginality · 1 year ago
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2t2r · 3 years ago
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Le mystérieux rocher Al Naslaa de l'oasis de Tayma
Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/le-mysterieux-rocher-al-naslaa-de-loasis-de-tayma/
Le mystérieux rocher Al Naslaa de l'oasis de Tayma
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newmic · 2 years ago
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slowlydangerouspuppy · 12 days ago
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newspatron · 1 month ago
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wakeandwatch · 10 months ago
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4000-year-old rock formation in Saudi Arabia called A1-Naslaa
Deep in the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk province lies a 4,000-year-old rock formation with an unusual feature: It is split down the center via a straight cut with the precision of a laser beam. 4000 Years Old Mysterious Stone in Saudi Arabia The Al Naslaa rock is made up of two sandstones supported by way of a naturally-formed pedestal with a perfect slit down the middle. While the actual…
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mybeingthere · 2 years ago
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The Al Naslaa rock formation is a rock formation located 50 km south of the Tayma oasis in Saudi Arabia. It has been split down the middle into two parts, both of which are balanced on small pedestals. The cause of the split is unknown, but is posited to be due to natural causes including windblown sand and periodic rain.The rock is approximately 6 metres high and 9 metres wide, and is covered on its south-east face with numerous petroglyphs.
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formlab · 2 years ago
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Al Naslaa
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astruboi · 1 year ago
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Al Naslaa Rock, placed in Tayma oasis, Saudi Arabia.
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fromthedust · 2 years ago
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Isamu Noguchi (Japanese/American, 1904-1988) - York Fossil marble
suiseki stone
stonework - sacred district, Machu Picchu
Dragon Eye - a metamorphic rock formation found in a stone mine in Lancashire, England
Jon Rafman (b.1981, Montréal) - Guerrero Xeno (Xeno Warrior) - green onyx - 2017
Al Naslaa - rock formation in Tayma, Saudi Arabia
Rogério Timóteo (Portuguese, b.1967) - Abyss - marble - 2020
basalt columns - Iceland
Herbert List (German photographer, 1903-1975) - Archaic Phallus - Sanctuary of Dionysos, Delos - 1937
marble quarry - Carrara
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jms-viriato · 5 days ago
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Al-Naslaa: la singular roca con una fractura vertical perfecta
La famosa roca Al Naslaa está formada por dos enormes rocas de arenisca que se alzan sobre pequeños pedestales. Lo que más sorprende es el corte perfecto entre las piedras.
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nevzatboyraz44 · 2 years ago
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BİR PATLAMAYLA BAŞLAR
Al Naslaa kaya oluşumu, Dünya'nın en tuhaf jeolojik özelliğidir
Suudi Arabistan çölünde, Al Naslaa kaya oluşumu tamamen doğal görünmüyor. Mükemmel dikey bölünmesi bir sır olarak kalır.
Al Naslaa kaya oluşumunun bu önden görünümü, yaklaşık 6 metre yüksekliğinde ve 9 metre genişliğindeki muazzam kayayı, merkezi çatlağıyla birlikte sergiliyor: belirleyici ve tartışmasız en benzersiz özelliği.
TEMEL ÇIKARIMLAR
Binlerce yıl öncesine dayanan petroglifler ve Tunç Çağı'na kadar uzanan insan sakinlerinin kanıtları ile Al Naslaa kaya oluşumu, çevresi üzerinde yükselir. Bununla birlikte, en sıra dışı özelliği, kayanın her bölümü ince, küçük bir kaide üzerinde dengelenmiş olarak, ortadan ikiye bölünmüş olmasıdır. Çoğu kişi doğanın böyle bir özelliği yaratmış olup olmadığını merak etse de, dünyanın en muhteşem kaya oluşumlarından birinin ardında başlıca üç jeolojik özellik vardır.
Suudi Arabistan'da bulunan Al Naslaa kaya oluşumu , Dünya'nın en büyük gizemlerinden biridir.
Suudi Arabistan'da bulunan Al Naslaa kaya oluşumu, yüksek yoğunluklu tortul kayadan yapılmıştır ve önemli ayrışma ve erozyon belirtileri göstermektedir. Ancak altındaki kaide daha çabuk aşınmış, üzerindeki petroglifler binlerce yıllık ve ortasındaki son derece düzgün çatlak henüz tam olarak açıklanabilmiş değil.
Altı metre (20 fit) yüksekliğindeki iki kaya, mükemmel pürüzsüz bir çatlakla ayrılmış kendi kaidelerinin üzerinde durmaktadır.
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2t2r · 3 years ago
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Le mystérieux rocher Al Naslaa de l'oasis de Tayma
New Post has been published on https://www.2tout2rien.fr/le-mysterieux-rocher-al-naslaa-de-loasis-de-tayma/
Le mystérieux rocher Al Naslaa de l'oasis de Tayma
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script-a-world · 1 year ago
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I want my world to have a crazy amount of impressively shaped rocks that stick into the air, but the main thing I want is to have them be big at the top and small at the bottom, basically ones that may not look stable. Think ones like Al Naslaa or Balancing Idol Rock. But I also want to do this with much larger rocks and smaller bases and literally all over the place, not isolated areas. I'm thinking the largest ones are definitely over a km long where you can literally walk near the base and be under the whole thing, even put a house there. I'm thinking of actually putting a standard sized athletic track around the base of one too. How possible is this? How could this happen? How about safety concerns? What's the largest difference of size/base I could go?
Tex: Physics is rather the bane of everyone’s existence when it comes to worldbuilding, because ordinarily such a shaping of rocks usually topples over because of an uneven weight, erosion at the thinnest part, or even an earthquake that snaps it in half. I would look at your references - in this case, Al Naslaa and Balancing Idol Rock - and work out some rough visual proportions. Once you have those, calculate the ratios between thinnest and thickest sections of the rock, and maybe vary things by up to, say, 5% for some plausible deniability on the physics. After that, you can take your kilometer-long top and estimate how thin, in comparison, the thinnest section of your rock would need to be.
Wootzel: Ah, hoodoos! We love a good hoodoo.
The two examples you mentioned are somewhat extreme for Earth standards, but hoodoos of various sizes and shapes crop up in lots of places. They generally form when a layer of harder, more resilient rock forms on top of a layer of softer rock that erodes more easily, or when a boulder made of harder rock winds up sitting on softer rock for a long time. This usually happens when igneous rocks (made by volcanic activity) form over sedimentary rock, since sedimentary rock erodes much, much more quickly. The harder rock protects what it’s sitting on top of, so the sedimentary rock right up under it isn't touched, but the edges slowly recede until you end up with a slimmer pillar holding up a large mass. 
So, what could have caused this to be incredibly common for your world? Perhaps your tectonic plates were slow-moving, pretty stable, for a very long time, but then some wacky event basically took a stirring-spoon to your planet’s surface. This could allow plenty of time for sedimentary rock to be the norm, and then have the planet go nuts with igneous rocks on top. This could be something striking the planet, or even a rogue planet or other large body wandering through the solar system close enough to do some funky yanking on your planet’s shape. You don’t have to define what this event was, or even have it condensed into a singular event, but these are plausible explanations you could play with if you want to look into what other effects this could have on your landscape. 
So, let’s say you have a preponderance of igneous rocks, half-eroded, on top of some VERY eroded sedimentary rock. The scale at which this could take place… well, that’s a good question. Erosion would be working at both of these rock types, just at different rates. If the chunk of harder igneous rock is very structurally sound (not cracking or damaged) it could be sitting pretty on top of a relatively thin pillar of softer rock, just as long as none of those eroding forces wear it down too unevenly, destabilize the connection between the two types, etc. Freezing and thawing, if there is ANY water involved, can crack massive rocks all to hell if the rock has any porosity at all, and this could bring half a giant hoodoo tumbling down. 
So! Your topping rock type would need to be:
Relatively uniform in thickness (so it doesn’t overbalance as the supporting pillar shrinks)
Very uniform in composition (so different parts of it don’t expand at different rates with temperatures changes, which would result in cracking over time)
Non-porous (so no water can get in and break it up) 
Really lucky over a long period of time (no major earthquakes, base rock is also uniform and strong, no crazy tornadoes or other winds, etc)
Is it realistic to do what you’re trying to do in a natural environment? Not especially. Can you make it sound plausible? Yeah, probably. Hardcore geologists in your readership might facepalm a little or jump with joy, depending on their love of whimsy. 
Safety concerns are definitely a major thing, but it’s up to you whether you address that. Maybe these massive hoodoos are really so stable that nobody’s worried about them toppling, but that’s not very likely in an earthlike environment. Surveying of the size/shape/composition could let scientists and architects make a reasonable guess on which ones are safer to be around than others. Perhaps there’s a fight in various city councils any time someone decides to build an attraction under one, or people shake their heads at the man who chose to build a house there, or maybe people really just don’t worry. 
If it makes you happy, then go for it. Take whatever science you like into the mix, and have fun with your result. 
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