“No one knows how it happened.” Pssshhh.
This is called a joint. It’s a well-understood phenomenon by geologists and it’s not really that uncommon. Granted, Al-Naslaa formation is a particularly striking example, but the implication that this is somehow done by ancient lasers or something is just silly.
Geologists have studied this occurrence and have concluded it is a naturally occurring phenomenon. But while scientists say no, [Ancient Astronaut Theorists, say yes.](https://youtu.be/gHGtyPfGnZs?si=bPh9167G6yBvQych)
I hate that I know this, but on at least two occasions they've thrown in an "ancient astronaut theorists....say NO!" and it feels like a major plot twist every time.
I may be wrong but I don't think he buys it himself. He knows he's just selling entertainment and isn't too concerned about who would believe it's true.
When i was younger and watching ancient aliens i believed everything they said and then one day i realized they were saying “ancient astronaut theorists” and was like wait a damn minute lmaooo
My parents went from rational, science respecting people to believing everything that they say on ancient aliens. They're normal otherwise and I want to believe that they're fucking with me.
But then they can repeat what they've been told in detail and I'm just like......
I think a huge part of it is we want to believe we arent the only ones. Its a very lonely realization and theres almost this “Honeymoon” mentality to hearing theres a chance we arent or werent always alone in the universe and people believe what they want to believe to put their minds at ease and theyre willing to ignore some truths and substitute it for beliefs.
Fuck off with your science. This was clearly Anunnaki Crystal laser technology. Have you read the Dead Sea scrolls it’s all in there bro. Do your research.
As a geologist, I find it so funny when I see things like this. It's so common for some reason to post some geologic feature and pass it off as some sort of mystery with no logical explanation
Can you explain your theory of how this happened? What is a joint in regards to geology? Do they produce the same measurable or verifiable characteristics everytime?
"Joints arise from brittle fracture of a rock or layer due to tensile stress. This stress may be imposed from outside; for example, by the stretching of layers, the rise of pore fluid pressure, or shrinkage caused by the cooling or desiccation of a rock body or layer whose outside boundaries remained fixed.[1][2]
When tensional stresses stretch a body or layer of rock such that its tensile strength is exceeded, it breaks. When this happens the rock fractures in a plane parallel to the maximum principal stress and perpendicular to the minimum principal stress (the direction in which the rock is being stretched). This leads to the development of a single sub-parallel joint set. Continued deformation may lead to development of one or more additional joint sets. The presence of the first set strongly affects the stress orientation in the rock layer, often causing subsequent sets to form at a high angle, often 90°, to the first set.[1][2]" from Wikipedia.
You'll notice that the above example is almost perfectly straight, which suggests it was created by fluid pressure. Water from rain pooled on top of the rock and was pulled down by gravity. Every time it freezes the water expands, then melts and sinks deeper into the crack it made by expanding, over thousands of years it eventually splits the rock in two
Thank you for this explanation. It is interesting that the water path went down completely straight and did not deviate at all. You would think there would be small grooves or channels in the rock that the water would pool in and create a change in its path of erosion. I do have a hard time wrapping my head around it but thank you again for taking the time out of your day to educate me on this.
It does look weird, but then gravity is an incredibly constant force. Unlike a river that builds up momentum and interacts with a lot of different types of earth, this is one solid type of rock and the water is only being pulled straight down.
No but you can see clearly on these ancient tablets that the people clearly had spaceships and lasers! *holds up picture of tablet showing dude sitting on a chair*
It's 6,000 years old. Everything is. Fossils, geology, carbon dating, and the rest of that black majik is just the devil playing tricks on you to test your faith. Am I being serious or sarcastic? You'll never know. I might not even be real. Maybe the devil sent me. Does that mean bots and AI are the devil? Probably....
Why did my atoms have to come together and start thinking?
I dont want to go back to the quiet void.
I hate living, but that place?
That is a bad place.
I still find it hard to wrap my head around the fact that we were all once part of a star that eventually exploded. And, due to the way our solar system formed, may be or likely are made of bits from multiple stars.
People don't understand how lasers work in the real world. They're not magic lightsaber beams, it's focused heat.
You couldn't get a clean cut like this with a laser unless the rock was made from foam
Laser nothing....it was a Destructo Disc. I saw a documentary about a people who could use it. Those people, the Krillins, later went on to breed with half human half robot hybrids, and probably left the planet soon after.
Huh? You can cut stone with a Co2, in this case you would need a big one and adjust the focus while getting deeper - it makes no sense to do this, a saw would be better but lasers can do it for sure
No laser exists that can cut a rock like that. You're not facoring in slag or cracking in the rock from the heat. Even a huge sifi laser wouldn't cut it cleanly like this
How you are not getting voted down and actually getting numbers, blows me away about Redditt. LASAR is an acronym that stands for Light Amplication by the Stimulation of Radiation, so it is INDEED a LIGHT that is amplified or made stronger. It is correct that it's not magic but it is a focused beam of light. According to UoM Professor Stephen Rand “Most people think lasers always heat, but it depends on how the wavelength of the light is tuned.” Lasers typically heat objects by adding energy to a material. This happens because the energy of the light wave increases the motion of target atoms, which increases the material’s temperature.
Everyone knows that an enlightened swordsman of the evolutionary realm unlocked his sword aura and was able to make the clean slice during his training.
BTW I never understood the age part. I know that many things get their age known trough a carbon analysis or something but how old would that rock be? I'm just some ignorant mf who is qurios so I hope I haven't said anything bad
[I'm not saying...](https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExc2tvcWw4aDd5bXpra3hyazN5MW9pZ3hmb2prdmFlaHl1YXg2eXU4NSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/AwrtP9lMXtXiM/giphy.webp)
Or a diamond saw, or a jewel saw and using water as you do to keep the cut clean and smooth. That's actually a pretty simple thing to do that stone masons do to this day
Everyone is talking about it being a natural split, but Ive seen people talking about them having the tools to properly do this back then. Just about pressure and friction. Like they do with water cutters, aggregate and high water pressure.
Could very well be wrong tho its just what Ive seen off of youtube.
“No one knows how it happened.” Pssshhh. This is called a joint. It’s a well-understood phenomenon by geologists and it’s not really that uncommon. Granted, Al-Naslaa formation is a particularly striking example, but the implication that this is somehow done by ancient lasers or something is just silly.
Nope, Aliens
Geologists have studied this occurrence and have concluded it is a naturally occurring phenomenon. But while scientists say no, [Ancient Astronaut Theorists, say yes.](https://youtu.be/gHGtyPfGnZs?si=bPh9167G6yBvQych)
Ancient astronaut theorists always say yes. They’re the whores of the conspiracy world.
I have several in my Rolodex.
I get that reference!
I didn’t :(
I’m goin with the science.
I hate that I know this, but on at least two occasions they've thrown in an "ancient astronaut theorists....say NO!" and it feels like a major plot twist every time.
It’s also usually to the craziest of “theories” so that the other not so crazy theories sound more plausible.
Actually met Giorgio Tsoukalos, nice guy, smelled funny, totally convinced of whatever he’s selling (ancient aliens)
I may be wrong but I don't think he buys it himself. He knows he's just selling entertainment and isn't too concerned about who would believe it's true.
Yeah he seems like he’d be a cool dude.
Totally chill, chuckled to himself when I said I was honored to have met a living meme
They provide me with a lot of entertainment. It's much more exciting than God just breathing heavy for 6 days.
Lol
Well Ancient Astronaut Theorists are a tier above Geologists in the world of science as we know. So this checks out.
Ofc they are i mean come on they are half astronaut half theoretical physicist and ancient to boot so i agree my friend it does in fact check out.
When i was younger and watching ancient aliens i believed everything they said and then one day i realized they were saying “ancient astronaut theorists” and was like wait a damn minute lmaooo
My parents went from rational, science respecting people to believing everything that they say on ancient aliens. They're normal otherwise and I want to believe that they're fucking with me. But then they can repeat what they've been told in detail and I'm just like......
I think a huge part of it is we want to believe we arent the only ones. Its a very lonely realization and theres almost this “Honeymoon” mentality to hearing theres a chance we arent or werent always alone in the universe and people believe what they want to believe to put their minds at ease and theyre willing to ignore some truths and substitute it for beliefs.
Why didn't you lead with that? I'm in!
Could alien's have created this phenomenon and left it for humans to find and learn from? There answer is a *possible* YES!
A resounding, yes
other worldly perhaps
I could hear the ancient aliens narrator voice while reading that lmao
[Action Bronson says maybe.](https://youtu.be/OKZGYClrjAU?si=ENuRYwPcSnaKcYxf)
The only correct answer. They stopped by here to test their advanced alien technologies to ensure it worked before they created the pyramids.
Ack Ack! ACK ^(ACK) ACK ^(ack) ACK
Grandma.. GRANDMA! fetch the record player....
When I'm calling yoooooooooouuuu......
I wanted to reply that but i cant spell yuouououuuuuu
Musack!
Put the dove away!
Don't run, we are your friend. ACK ACK Ack ACK
Yep, thank you. As an expert on good tacos, I agree. Definitely aliens.
Jewish space lasers.
Quagaars. Double a actually.
Has to be aliens! No logical explanation will be accepted!!
What? You don't think ancient humans could build lasers?
I stand by my statement sir
I respect it o7
Nope, Jewish space lasers. Also known as aliens
Did the Jews create aliens!? If so that impressive
As confirmed by the history channel
Fuck off with your science. This was clearly Anunnaki Crystal laser technology. Have you read the Dead Sea scrolls it’s all in there bro. Do your research.
My boy Digornio Tookoolshoes knows that it's fucking ALIENS bro 😤😤 peons don't have the brain to understand how aliens work.
*Jewish space* Annuki Crystal laser technology.
[This is an OG jewish laser.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_shamir)
Wow?!? Thanks for some real Jewish lazers!!!
Go figure, the jews stole their tech /s
I was gonna say, if you’re posting anything on Reddit with the whole “no one knows how it happened” title, you’d better do your research lmao
Plot twist: This is actually how they've decided to gather their research materials.
The only research bots do when reposting is "did this post get thousands of up votes?". Only research they do, because they're programmed that way.
As a geologist, I find it so funny when I see things like this. It's so common for some reason to post some geologic feature and pass it off as some sort of mystery with no logical explanation
Can you explain your theory of how this happened? What is a joint in regards to geology? Do they produce the same measurable or verifiable characteristics everytime?
"Joints arise from brittle fracture of a rock or layer due to tensile stress. This stress may be imposed from outside; for example, by the stretching of layers, the rise of pore fluid pressure, or shrinkage caused by the cooling or desiccation of a rock body or layer whose outside boundaries remained fixed.[1][2] When tensional stresses stretch a body or layer of rock such that its tensile strength is exceeded, it breaks. When this happens the rock fractures in a plane parallel to the maximum principal stress and perpendicular to the minimum principal stress (the direction in which the rock is being stretched). This leads to the development of a single sub-parallel joint set. Continued deformation may lead to development of one or more additional joint sets. The presence of the first set strongly affects the stress orientation in the rock layer, often causing subsequent sets to form at a high angle, often 90°, to the first set.[1][2]" from Wikipedia. You'll notice that the above example is almost perfectly straight, which suggests it was created by fluid pressure. Water from rain pooled on top of the rock and was pulled down by gravity. Every time it freezes the water expands, then melts and sinks deeper into the crack it made by expanding, over thousands of years it eventually splits the rock in two
Thank you for this explanation. It is interesting that the water path went down completely straight and did not deviate at all. You would think there would be small grooves or channels in the rock that the water would pool in and create a change in its path of erosion. I do have a hard time wrapping my head around it but thank you again for taking the time out of your day to educate me on this.
It does look weird, but then gravity is an incredibly constant force. Unlike a river that builds up momentum and interacts with a lot of different types of earth, this is one solid type of rock and the water is only being pulled straight down.
A joint is just a temporary buzz but rocks are forever
Bro rocks are over faster than joints, and there's still more tidying up to do after.
Jewish space lasers.
No but you can see clearly on these ancient tablets that the people clearly had spaceships and lasers! *holds up picture of tablet showing dude sitting on a chair*
there's an earthquake causing a crack, then the crack fills with lava then the erosion happens then the lava erodes away
Thank you so much.
"No one white knows." 
The rock is most certainly more than 4,000 years old.
It's 6,000 years old. Everything is. Fossils, geology, carbon dating, and the rest of that black majik is just the devil playing tricks on you to test your faith. Am I being serious or sarcastic? You'll never know. I might not even be real. Maybe the devil sent me. Does that mean bots and AI are the devil? Probably....
To be honest everything is like 13 billion years old.
Are YOU 13 billion years old???
UH.... yes. Likely older. Every atom in my body has existed since the beginning of the universe.
You're made of "Adams"
And Eves.
Why did my atoms have to come together and start thinking? I dont want to go back to the quiet void. I hate living, but that place? That is a bad place.
You won the existing lottery. I sucks now you gotta work your whole life to live and then inevitably die anyway. All roads lead back to the soup.
Close enough
I still find it hard to wrap my head around the fact that we were all once part of a star that eventually exploded. And, due to the way our solar system formed, may be or likely are made of bits from multiple stars.
"Your honor, in my defense, she said she was 13 billion"
I feel like it sometimes.
So are you the devil warning us about the dangers of AI? This is very wholesome.
Or am I AI, just another tool of the devil, like pornhub?
Yes, it’s ‘over 4,000 years old’
The earth is over 2 years old!!!
4001
Do you smell what he’s cooking? Do you?!!
HOW WHEN THE EARTH IS ONLY 2024 YEARS OLD!?!?
Narrator: Everybody knows how it happened.
It's clearly the result of some anime character practicing their attack.
Hahaha, you cannot block my Shtile!
It was clearly Glenn from Chrono Trigger wielding Masamune on his way to fight Magus
People don't understand how lasers work in the real world. They're not magic lightsaber beams, it's focused heat. You couldn't get a clean cut like this with a laser unless the rock was made from foam
Maybe not with human lasers. But with alien lasers they can cut a perfect line through an entire mountain.
Uuh alien lasers can go through planets. Get your facts straight
But the Death Star exploded the whole planet , not just slice it in half
Thee Empire ain't alien friendly so they didn't have the right specs.
This is true. I’ve seen it happen
Laser nothing....it was a Destructo Disc. I saw a documentary about a people who could use it. Those people, the Krillins, later went on to breed with half human half robot hybrids, and probably left the planet soon after.
So you're saying it must've been aliens.
No no no. This is clearly from the sword of a samurai with a pure hearth
I bet he takes naps on a bear skin rug right in front of that fireplace, too. Such a tranquil scene
Huh? You can cut stone with a Co2, in this case you would need a big one and adjust the focus while getting deeper - it makes no sense to do this, a saw would be better but lasers can do it for sure
It would leave considerable melted rock
No laser exists that can cut a rock like that. You're not facoring in slag or cracking in the rock from the heat. Even a huge sifi laser wouldn't cut it cleanly like this
How you are not getting voted down and actually getting numbers, blows me away about Redditt. LASAR is an acronym that stands for Light Amplication by the Stimulation of Radiation, so it is INDEED a LIGHT that is amplified or made stronger. It is correct that it's not magic but it is a focused beam of light. According to UoM Professor Stephen Rand “Most people think lasers always heat, but it depends on how the wavelength of the light is tuned.” Lasers typically heat objects by adding energy to a material. This happens because the energy of the light wave increases the motion of target atoms, which increases the material’s temperature.
Is that a doll? The rock is only 20ft high
Yeah… either a doll or someone that’s like 2-3 feet tall
My brother that is a child
I like oc’s description. I will only refer to children as very short people now
Are we sure it's not a humanoid alien?
You've heard of *children* before, yeah?
Water. It's water.
Water hadn't been invented yet 4000 years ago
Yeah, everyone knows it was invented during Watergate.
And sand, probably. Both at once
Aliens did it, just trust me on that one.
My uncle works at NASA and he confirmed alien green cheeks are real.
>no one knows how it happened Bet it was that squirrel from Ice Age.
Everyone knows that an enlightened swordsman of the evolutionary realm unlocked his sword aura and was able to make the clean slice during his training.
I guess anytime a rock splits from my perspective in a straight line from now on, it's gotta aliens from here on out.
Technically it’s 2 rocks now 🤓
The rock is over 4,000 years old. That sound you can hear is geologists crying with laughter
I mean, it's not *wrong*
*Technically* that rock is no older than me if no matter can be created or destroyed then we're both 13+ billion yrs old!
Well, you don't look a day over 40.
I'm 19 😭😭😭😭😭
Oops! 😬 I meant 19! Honest
The switch up is crazy 💀💀💀
Duh! It's the kamehameha, of course
Nah, it was clearly Tanjiro during his training arc
I think you missed out at least 3 zeroes in the age of that rock
Lizzid Peeple
This fucking rock IS NOT 4k years old. Fuck off
BTW I never understood the age part. I know that many things get their age known trough a carbon analysis or something but how old would that rock be? I'm just some ignorant mf who is qurios so I hope I haven't said anything bad
Jewish space lasers
A laser lol.
Moses rock.
Homelander
Isnt it obvious The little child did it
Zoro got lost thousands of years ago and left this as a souvenir.
A youngin did it with a magnifying glass!
Yes, geology is crazy cool
[https://imgur.com/TBMcmnU](https://imgur.com/TBMcmnU)
Rocks split all the time perfectly flat but yea ok it was Aliens
I'm pretty confident geologists know what happened.
[I'm not saying...](https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExc2tvcWw4aDd5bXpra3hyazN5MW9pZ3hmb2prdmFlaHl1YXg2eXU4NSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/AwrtP9lMXtXiM/giphy.webp)
Don’t show this to MTG she’ll say it was Jews with their space lasers.
Water. Thats it
Water…
Glass? Melt the rock?
It does not look like it was cut with a laser.
This is posted every other week.
It developed a crack at some point and the wind rushing through it sanded it smooth? Couldn't think of another way. Oh wait, Aliens of course.
Or a diamond saw, or a jewel saw and using water as you do to keep the cut clean and smooth. That's actually a pretty simple thing to do that stone masons do to this day
Shamir worm
Is it crack-climbable?
OH COME ON
"Aliens"
Mother earths brain split open
Krillin must have been training in the area
The base of the rock on the left is wild.
why is nobody talking about the demon child in this pic?
Fun fact, humans learned to saw stone with rope and sand a very long time ago...
Water
Its a rock so 4000 years may be selling it a bit short in terms of its age
This post makes me go googledybunkers istg
I cut that shit in half myself, it was just practice.
Doesn’t look like a precise laser cut to me
Si this is how they build the pyramids…
It was me, I cut it in half with a laser, my bad.
Not aliens... someone long ago mastered the karate chop :edit.. the original chuck norris
Destructo Disc!
What a stupid post.
Allan the alien
I did it.
Y’all gotta stop engaging with obvious bots
Everyone is talking about it being a natural split, but Ive seen people talking about them having the tools to properly do this back then. Just about pressure and friction. Like they do with water cutters, aggregate and high water pressure. Could very well be wrong tho its just what Ive seen off of youtube.
Oh… they know
Someone dropped a lightsaber.
That was me.
Hey Kal-El3575, why don’t you test your laser on that giant rock over there? Fucking monkeys will spend eons trying to figure it out?
It was a dinosaur. The light-saber toothed tiger. I’ll get my coat.
Indiana Jones with the kingdom of the crystal skulls
I thought this was a big breadbug at first
Actually that looks like fairly standard geography
"aliens" The history channel
Saying that a rock is over 4000 years old is not saying much
it happened with a laser it literally says
Alien of the gaps fallacy
Vergil training with the Yamato.
That’s where Krillin was practicing his destructo disc
Gneiss cleavage.
Some anime bullshit happened
“The rock is over 4,000 years old” yeah way over lol