Reconstruction of the The Ridgeway 14-04-2009 formation | |||||
1. | ![]() | Draw a circle. Draw and extend the horizontal and vertical centerlines. | |||
2. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed square of circle 1, sides horizontal and vertical. | |||
3. | ![]() | Draw a half diagonal of square 2, from the center of circle 1 to the upper righthand angular point. | |||
4. | ![]() | Construct a "two-points" circle (defined by the end-points of a centerline), between the center of circle 1 and its righthand intersection with the horizontal centerline. | |||
5. | ![]() | Copy circle 4 to its righthand intersection with the horizontal centerline. | |||
6. | ![]() | Construct a circle, tangent to line 3, tangent to circle 5 at the lefthand side, and tangent to the horizontal centerline. | |||
7. | ![]() | Copy circle 6 to the center of circle 5. | |||
8. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 7 at the lefthand side. | |||
9. | ![]() | Copy circle 6 to the righthand intersection of circle 5 and the horizontal centerline. | |||
10. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 5, tangent to circle 9 at the righthand side. | |||
11. | ![]() | Copy circle 10 three times, the first to its righthand intersection with the horizontal centerline, the second and third to the corresponding intersections of each last copied circle, as shown. | |||
12. | ![]() | Construct three circles, all concentric to circle 1, passing through the centers of circles 11. | |||
13. | ![]() | Copy circle 4 three times, to the centers of circles 11. | |||
14. | ![]() | Construct four circles, all concentric to circle 1, passing through the righthand intersections of circles 5 and 13 with the horizontal centerline. | |||
15. | ![]() | Copy circle 4 to the righthand intersection of the rightmost circle 11 with the horizontal centerline. | |||
16. | ![]() | Construct four circles, all concentric to circle 1, passing through the lefthand intersections of circles 13 and 15 with the horizontal centerline. | |||
17. | ![]() | Copy circle 6 three times, to the righthand intersections of circles 13 with the horizontal centerline. | |||
18. | ![]() | Construct four circles, all concentric to circle 1, passing through the lefthand intersections of circles 9 and 17 with the horizontal centerline. | |||
19. | ![]() | Draw two connecting lines, between the lefthand and righthand intersections of the outer circle 18 with the horizontal centerline, and between its upper and lower intersections with the vertical centerline. | |||
20. | ![]() | Circles 1, 8, 12, 14, 16 and 18, and lines 19 are used for the final reconstruction. | |||
21. | ![]() | Remove all redundant parts, not visible in the formation itself. High resolution dwf-file | |||
22. | ![]() | Colour all areas corresponding to standing... High resolution dwf-file | |||
23. | ![]() | ...or to flattened plants. This will finish the reconstruction of the The Ridgeway formation of 14-04-2009. High resolution dwf-file | |||
24. | ![]() courtesy the Crop Circle Connector photo by: Lucy Pringle | The final result, matched with the aerial image. | |||
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Copyright © 2009, Zef Damen, The Netherlands Personal use only, commercial use prohibited. | |||||