After 4 Years, The Cause of this Incredible Sand Geyser is Still a Mystery (Video)

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[OneVike]

No idea how long it lasted. All the information I could find was limited to what I offered. That is why I held it for so long before posting.

[bert]

I suspect a hoax. I’ve never heard of the place. Neither has Google Earth nor the Encarta world atlas

[Tom Hawks]

That’s what happens when the earth needs top let off a little gas. It farts from it’s a-hole. That is what i always thought of the Arab world, one bog A-hole

[Paved Paradise]

This is such a cool post. Meanwhile, if the Muslims were in charge, we’d be learning nothing. I found the quotes from the Muslim very enlightening. Allah’s miracle, so no need to investigate and learn.

Oy vey.

[OneVike]

I suspect a hoax. I’ve never heard of the place. Neither has Google Earth nor the Encarta world atlas

I spelled it wrong.

here it is, it is Al-Ahsa City, in Saudi Arabia.

I accidentally spelled it with a "j and an "e", but instead it is spelled with an "h"and no "e".

Sorry, my bad.

[OneVike]

This is such a cool post. Meanwhile, if the Muslims were in charge, we’d be learning nothing. I found the quotes from the Muslim very enlightening. Allah’s miracle, so no need to investigate and learn.

Thanks, I hope to please and make everyone's day a learning experience.

[Parley Baer]

“Strike a match near it and see what happens....probably sand driven by a natural gas vent.”

My thoughts also.

[bert]

Ok, that is better. Al Hasa is in the eastern Provence and has a large gas gathering capability. The geyser could very well result from air (CO2?) being expelled from one of the pressurized fields

The guys at Aramco will figure it out eventually.

[DemforBush]

Aww, ya beat me to it!

:-)

[OneVike]

It’s been four years. How long do you think they need?

[Global2010]

Just when I thought I had seen/heard it all.
Amazing.

[Global2010]

Tremors? (as like the movie 1 and 2)

[MHGinTN]

The video has been looped so much it makes the event appear to last much longer than it probably did. Either a deep seismic crunch or an escape of gas is the source of the launch for the sand. And the lack of a build-up as the sand is belched out tells you there is a sink over the site. What type of rock lies beneath this site would perhaps help to explain it. I like the CO₂ explanation for the launch fuel.

[OneVike]

That’s what I thought when I first saw it.

Can you believe I actually sat on this video for almost a year after I stumbled upon it before actually posting it today?

[OneVike]

Interesting in that this is the only place where anyone suggested the CO₂ theory. I will add it to the many theories put forth.

[Leo Carpathian]

B Hussein Oblabla farted, hallleelllluujjjaaaaa!

[Roccus]

New Madrid quakes were 1811 - 1812.

[Waverunner]

I’m guessing an evil djinn has been unleashed by a sorcerer who opposes Allah’s will.

[goat granny]

those nasty graboids...

[TexasCajun]

It's simply a RC Geyser, the operator can clearly be seen in the foreground.

(Sorry, I just had to.) :)