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Reconstruction of the 1998 Danebury Hill formation |
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| Start drawing two concentric circles, a larger and a smaller one. The radius of the smaller one is half that of the larger. | |||
| 2. |
| Construct a heptagon (7-sided regular polygon) inscribed within the larger circle. | |||
| 3. |
| Draw the rays from the center of the heptagon to its corners. | |||
| 4. |
| Extend the rays across the center, until they touch the larger circle. The set of lines touch the larger circle at 14 points, regularly spaced, forming the corners of a regular 14-sided polygon. | |||
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| Draw alternating seven of the sides of this 14-sided regular polygon, as shown. | |||
| 6. |
| Construct 7 circles, each going through adjacent corners of the heptagon and touching at the smaller inner circle (at the side closest to it). | |||
| 7. |
| Construct a small circle touching at two adjacent rays of the 14-sided polygon and also touching at the corresponding side of the heptagon (at the inner side), as shown. | |||
| 8. |
| Copy this circle and shift it such, that its center coincides with a corner of the heptagon. | |||
| 9. |
| Construct 7 circles concentric to the circles introduced in step 6, with a radius such that the new circle touches the small circle of the previous step (at the outer side), as shown. | |||
| 10. |
| Copy and shift the small circles introduced in step 8 seven times such, that the centers coincide with the intersection of the last drawn circles (step 9) and the sides of the 14-sided polygon drawn in step 5, as shown. | |||
| 11. |
| Now, all the necessary ingredients are ready. | |||
| 12. |
| Removing all redundant lines… | |||
| 13. |
| …yields the reconstruction of the 1998 Danebury Hill formation. | |||
| 14. | ![]() courtesy The Crop Circle Connector photo by: Steve Alexander | Matching the result with the original image shows a reasonably good fit. | |||
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Copyright © 2000, Zef Damen, The Netherlands Personal use only, commercial use prohibited. | |||||
Since 1-Februari-2005 | |||||