Reconstruction of the 1998 Tawsmead Copse formation |
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1. | ![]() | Start with constructing a heptagon (regular 7-sided polygon). | |||
2. | ![]() | Copy it and shift the new heptagon (without rotating) from point A to point B. | |||
3. | ![]() | Copy and shift the new heptagon (again without rotating) from point C to point D. | |||
4. | ![]() | And again for points E and F. | |||
5. | ![]() | Repeat this again and again until this picture appears. | |||
6. | ![]() | Making black everything inside all heptagons seems to finish the reconstruction of the 1998 Tawsmead Copse formation. | |||
7. | ![]() courtesy The Crop Circle Connector photo by: Steve Alexander | However, when we try to fit this solution to the original image, we clearly see that it mismatches! The outer border fits properly, but for the inner one, we must find a different solution. The larger points of the inner star pattern can also be seen to have rounded corners. | |||
8. | ![]() | To construct the inner border pattern, first draw the red lines as shown in this picture. | |||
9. | ![]() | Then draw the blue lines shown here; these two sets of lines will determine the rounded corners of the larger points of the inner star pattern. | |||
10. | ![]() | For the other star points, start drawing these lines. | |||
11. | ![]() | From this set of lines, create a new heptagon. | |||
12. | ![]() | The border of the inner star pattern can now be constructed from the sets of newly drawn lines, like this. | |||
13. | ![]() | The inner border star pattern. | |||
14. | ![]() | Together with the outer borderline… | |||
15. | ![]() courtesy The Crop Circle Connector photo by: Steve Alexander | …it will now fit neatly! | |||
16. | ![]() | The final reconstruction. | |||
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