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

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[OneVike]

The video you are about to watch, was filmed by a driver who stopped along the freeway with many others just outside Al-Ajsae City, in Saudi Arabia. What you are about to see has been called many things, including a "Sand Geyser", "Sand Fountain", or a "Sand Volcano".  The quality is not the best, because it was filmed with a cell phone. but it's good enough to let you know that something very powerful is underfoot in the desert. 
  
I've had this video in my archive of articles to be written for almost a year now, and I have finally decided to post it.  What took me so long to actually present it was the limited information about what exactly happened to create such a spectacular phenomenon. It happened back in 2006, and from what I have found from reading over 30 different articles from news sources and blogs is that no one knows for sure exactly what caused the phenomenon.
  
There is one thing I have constantly run into as I looked into the reporting about this event.  It seems that the Saudi Arabian government had their scientists, and the government controlled Aramco Geological Team investigate it because of the enormous size of the geyser.  However, after extensive research they are refusing to release their finding to the public. This actually fits right in line with the way the royal Family likes to keep their subjects in the dark on scientific matters. The less they know, the easier it is to control them by using religious explanations for unexplained miracles.  
   
There are plenty of speculative ideas, but as of yet nothing has been agreed upon even by the experts outside of Saudi Arabia. Below the video I have listed the many different explanations that have been suggested.

Follow the link below to watch the video and add your theory of what caused the
Mysterious Sand Geyser That Has Yet to be Explained

[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.) :)