Giant Desert Rock Cut Perfectly In Half Has Divided The Internet, People Are Certain 'It Was Aliens'

Al Naslaa may look like nothing more than a massive rock to some, yet it has been a hot debate for days now. What has left people mystified is the way the rock is cut in half.

The captivating formation is located far inside the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia, where it has puzzled people, paving way for many conspiracies. The formation features a huge piece of sandstone. What makes the formation so unique? It's split!

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One geologist suggests the split could have been caused by ¡®freeze thaw¡¯ weathering, but not everyone agrees.

They say it¡¯s so precise and so smooth it must be the result of aliens coming to Earth in the distant past and using a giant laser to cut it in two. It's, of course, another theory.

The baffling sandstone boulder has not surprisingly, become a popular photo opportunity, along with being a hot topic of debate on the internet.

The rock measures 30ft tall and 25ft wide and bears a carving showing what¡¯s believed to be a man on a horse.

The Al Naslaa Rock Formation, located in Tayma oasis, Saudi Arabia, has a perfect laser-like cut through its center. It's over 4,000 years old and no one knows how it happened pic.twitter.com/zrAkCtLAS6

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But the split down the middle is what everyone¡¯s really interested in.

On Reddit, one user, ¡®El_Hombre_Siniestro¡¯, said: "I¡¯m not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens."

"Definitely aliens", agreed another, named Mrkim420.

One user speculated that the divide was created when an alien messed ¡®with a super laser pointer on some random planet their species found and accidentally cut a rock in half¡¯.

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Unfortunately, there¡¯s a more scientific reason for the impressively straight gap.

Geologist Cherry Lewis told Daily Mail it¡¯s a natural phenomenon.

Lewis is an honorary research fellow at the University of Bristol and explained: "It [the split] could have formed due to a process called ¡°freeze-thaw¡± weathering, which occurs when water gets into a small crack in the rock. As temperatures drop, the water freezes and expands which causes the crack to widen and lengthen."

"As the ice melts, water makes its way deeper and deeper into the crack. The process repeats itself over thousands, or even millions, of years until the rock eventually splits. This process, coupled with wind erosion ¨C which, in a desert environment, is like sandblasting ¨C could also explain why the boulder is standing on its own like that," he added.

So, don't get too excited. Definitely not aliens.