Reconstruction of the 2001 Old Shaw Village formation |
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1. | Draw a circle. | ||||
2. | Draw 16 rays, evenly distributed around circle 1. The formation has 8-fold symmetry. First, one eighth segment is reconstructed (except for the concentric circles), and only near the end, all relevant parts are copied and distributed. | ||||
3. | Construct a circle tangent to circle 1 at the inner side on the right, and tangent to the two shown rays, the second above and the second below the horizontal centerline on the right. | ||||
4. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 3 at the near side. | ||||
5. | Construct the inscribed square of circle 4. | ||||
6. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the intersections of square 5 and every second ray, starting at ray "1" (the one above the horizontal centerline on the right). | ||||
7. | Draw the connecting line between the intersections of circle 6 and rays "1" and "7". | ||||
8. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to line 7. | ||||
9. | Copy circle 6 to the end-point of the horizontal centerline on the right. | ||||
10. | Copy circle 4 to the intersection on the left of circle 9 and the horizontal centerline. | ||||
11. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 10 at the far side. | ||||
12. | Extend all rays up to circle 11. | ||||
13. | Copy circle 8 to the center of circle 10. | ||||
14. | Construct two lines from the center of circle 1, tangent to circle 13 on both sides. Extend both lines up to circle 11. | ||||
15. | Construct a circle centered at the intersection of the horizontal centerline and circle 11, passing through the intersections of the latter with lines 12. | ||||
16. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the upper right intersection of ray "1" and circle 3. | ||||
17. | Draw the connecting line between the intersections of circle 16 and rays "1" and "7". | ||||
18. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to line 17. | ||||
19. | Copy circle 8 to the intersection of circle 18 and ray "1". | ||||
20. | Draw two lines from the end-point of ray "1" (its intersection with circle 11), tangent to circle 19 on both sides. Extend both lines up to circle 1 (on the opposite side). | ||||
21. | Construct a circle centered at the intersection of circle 18 and ray "9", tangent to both lines 20. | ||||
22. | Copy circle 21 to the center of circle 15. | ||||
23. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 22 at the near side. | ||||
24. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the center of circle 13. | ||||
25. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 13 at the near side. | ||||
26. | Construct the inscribed square of circle 11. | ||||
27. | Construct the inscribed circle of square 26. | ||||
28. | Construct the circumscribed 16-sided regular polygon of circle 1, pointing up. | ||||
29. | Construct the inscribed square of polygon 28, such that angular points of both coincide. | ||||
30. | Construct the inscribed circle of square 29. | ||||
31. | Construct the inscribed square of circle 24. | ||||
32. | Construct the inscribed circle of square 31. | ||||
33. | Copy circle 1 to its intersection with the horizontal centerline on the right. | ||||
34. | Draw the connecting line between the intersections of circles 1 and 33 (the perpendicular bisector of the right half of the horizontal centerline of circle 1). | ||||
35. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to line 34. | ||||
36. | Construct six circles, all tangent to both lines 20, centered at the intersections of ray "1" and circles 35, 32, 30, 25, 16 and 23, respectively. | ||||
37. | Construct three circles, all tangent to both lines 14, centered at the intersections of the horizontal centerline on the right and circles 35, 32 and 27, respectively. | ||||
38. | Copy the fifth circle 36, the one centered at circle 16, to the opposite, the intersection of the latter with ray "9". | ||||
39. | Draw two parallel lines tangent to both (corresponding) sides of both circles, circle 38 and fifth circle 36 (see inset for details). | ||||
40. | Trim away all parts of lines 39, except the upper right parts between circles 4 and 18. | ||||
41. | Trim away from circle 3, the part on the right between both tangent points (on the rays). | ||||
42. | Circles 13, 15, 19, 22, circle sets 36 and 37, lines 40 and arc 41 together form the parts of one eighth segment of the pattern. | ||||
43. | Copy all parts mentioned in step 42 seven times and distribute them evenly around circle 1. Together with circles 1, 4, 6 and 8, these form all necessary parts for the reconstruction. | ||||
44. | Trimming away all superfluous parts, and making black areas corresponding to standing crop, finishes the reconstruction of the 2001 Old Shaw Village formation. | ||||
45. | courtesy The Crop Circle Connector photo by: Steve Alexander | The final result, matched with the aerial image. | |||
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Copyright © 2001, Zef Damen, The Netherlands Personal use only, commercial use prohibited. | |||||
Since 1-February-2005 |