Reconstruction of the Macmillan Way 15-07-2014 formation | |||||
1. | ![]() | Draw a circle. Draw and extend the horizontal and vertical centerlines. | |||
2. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed decagon (regular 10-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. | |||
3. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed circle of decagon 2. | |||
4. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed decagon of circle 1, pointing to the right. | |||
5. | ![]() | Call the righthand intersection of decagons 2 and 4, just below the horizontal centerline point A. Point B is its diametrical opposite. Draw the centerline of circle 1 passing through point A (and B). | |||
6. | ![]() | Construct a circle centered at the lefthand intersection of circle 3 and the horizontal centerline, passing through the lefthand angular point of decagon 2 above the horizontal centerline. | |||
7. | ![]() | Copy circle 6 twenty-one times in total and number the circles, the first (nr. 1) to the lefthand intersection of circle 1 and line 5, the next ten (nrs. 2 - 11) to the upper intersection of nr. 1 and circle 1, and consecutively to the corresponding intersections, nr. 12 to the lower intersection of nr. 1 and circle 1, and finally the last nine (nrs. 13 - 21) consecutively to the corresponding intersections, as shown. | |||
8. | ![]() | Construct a circle centered at the righthand intersection of circle 6 and the horizontal centerline, passing through the righthand intersection of circle 6 and circle 7 nr. 1. | |||
9. | ![]() | Copy circle 8 to the center of circle 1, and move this circle (copy and delete original) to its lefthand intersection with the horizontal centerline. | |||
10. | ![]() | Copy circle 8 to the lefthand intersection of circles 7 nrs. 11 and 21. | |||
11. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 10 at the lefthand side. | |||
12. | ![]() | Copy circle 11 to point A. | |||
13. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 12 at the righthand side. | |||
14. | ![]() | Construct a line from point A tangent to circle 9 at the upper side, and extend this line to the right upto circle 13. | |||
15. | ![]() | Construct a "two-points" circle (defined by the two end-points of a centerline) between the lower intersection of circle 7 nr. 10 and the upper intersection of circle 7 nr. 21 with circle 1. | |||
16. | ![]() | Copy circle 15 to the intersection of circle 13 and line 14. | |||
17. | ![]() | Construct a "two-points" circle between the righthand intersections of circles 1 and 3 with the horizontal centerline. | |||
18. | ![]() | Copy circle 17 two times, to point A and to the center of circle 16. | |||
19. | ![]() | Construct two parallel lines, tangent to circles 18 at both sides. | |||
20. | ![]() | Construct a circle centered at the righthand intersection of circle 3 and the horizontal centerline, tangent to circle 1 at the righthand side. | |||
21. | ![]() | Copy circle 20 to the righthand intersection of circle 11 and the horizontal centerline. | |||
22. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 21 at the lefthand side. | |||
23. | ![]() | Circles 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 16 and 22, and lines 19, are used for the final reconstruction. | |||
24. | ![]() | Remove all parts not visible within the formation itself. pdf-file | |||
25. | ![]() | Colour all areas corresponding to standing... pdf-file | |||
26. | ![]() | ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the Macmillan Way formation of 15-07-2014. pdf-file | |||
27. | ![]() Courtesy the Crop Circle Connector Photo by: Lucy Pringle | The final result, matched with the aerial image. | |||
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