Al Naslaa, Saudi Arabia

Department of Rocks: Al Naslaa, Saudi Arabia

In remote Saudi Arabia, roughly one hundred twenty miles east of the Red Sea, stands Al Naslaa, one of the world’s strangest geologic curiosities. Or, is it actually two? (Perhaps more of a question for geologic philosophers, if such people exist.) Al Naslaa is a sandstone boulder, roughly thirty feet tall and another thirty feet … Read more