Reconstruction of the Etchilhampton Hill 20-08-2019 formation | |||||
1. | ![]() | Draw a circle. Draw the horizontal and vertical centerlines. | |||
2. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed dodecagon (regular 12-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. | |||
3. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed circle of dodecagon 2. | |||
4. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed hexagon (regular 6-sided polygon) of circle 3, pointing up. | |||
5. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed circle of hexagon 4. | |||
6. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed square of circle 3, pointing up. | |||
7. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed circle of square 6. | |||
8. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed equilateral triangle of circle 3, pointing up. | |||
9. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed circle of triangle 8. | |||
10. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed equilateral triangle of circle 7, pointing up. | |||
11. | ![]() | Construct the inscribed circle of triangle 10. | |||
12. | ![]() | Construct a circle centered at the righthand intersection of circle 5 and the horizontal centerline, tangent to circle 7 at the righthand side. | |||
13. | ![]() | Copy circle 12 to the center of circle 1. | |||
14. | ![]() | Copy circle 11 to the upper intersection of circle 9 and the vertical centerline. | |||
15. | ![]() | Copy circle 11 to the lower intersection of circle 14 and the vertical centerline. | |||
16. | ![]() | Copy circle 7 to the center of circle 15. | |||
17. | ![]() | Construct a circle centered at the upper intersection of circle 14 and the vertical centerline, tangent to circle 5 at the upper side. See detail. | |||
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18. | ![]() | Copy circle 17 to the lower intersection of circle 15 and the vertical centerline. See detail. | |||
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19. | ![]() | Copy circle 9 to the lower intersection of circle 18 and the vertical centerline. See detail. | |||
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20. | ![]() | Copy circle 9 to the upper intersection of circle 19 and the vertical centerline. | |||
21. | ![]() | Construct the "two-points" circle (defined by the two end-points of a centerline) between the lefthand intersections of circles 3 and 5 with the horizontal centerline. | |||
22. | ![]() | Construct the "two-points" circle between the center of circle 21 and its lefthand intersection with the horizontal centerline. | |||
23. | ![]() | Construct the "two-points" circle between the center of circle 21 and its righthand intersection with the horizontal centerline. | |||
24. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the center of circle 22. | |||
25. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the center of circle 21. | |||
26. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the center of circle 23. | |||
27. | ![]() | Construct the "two-points" circle between the lower intersections of circles 3 and 24 with the vertical centerline. | |||
28. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 27, tangent to circle 25 at the lower side. | |||
29. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 27, tangent to circle 26 at the lower side. | |||
30. | ![]() | Construct a circle concentric to circle 27, tangent to circle 5 at the lower side. | |||
31. | ![]() | Copy circles 28, 29, and 30, to the lower angular point of dodecagon 2. | |||
32. | ![]() | Copy circles 28, 29, and 30, to the adjacent angular point of dodecagon 2 to the right. | |||
33. | ![]() | Copy circles 28, 29, and 30, to the center of circle 1. | |||
34. | ![]() | Construct three parallel lines, tangent to circles 31 and 33 at the righthand sides. | |||
35. | ![]() | Construct three parallel lines, tangent to circles 32 and 33 at the lower lefthand sides. | |||
36. | ![]() | Remove all parts from circles 3, 5, 24, 25, and 26, and from lines 34, and 35, such that... | |||
37. | ![]() | ...this pattern remains. | |||
38. | ![]() | Repeat all necessary steps to copy pattern 37 eleven times, with respect to all other pairs of adjacent angular points of dodecagon 2, as shown. | |||
39. | ![]() | Circles 1, 13, 15, 16, and 20, and patterns 37, and 38, together, make up the final reconstruction. pdf-file | |||
40. | ![]() | Colour all areas corresponding to standing... pdf-file | |||
41. | ![]() | ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the Etchilhampton Hill formation of 20-08-2019. pdf-file | |||
42. | ![]() Courtesy the Crop Circle Connector Photo by: Nick Bull ![]() Photo by: Steve Alexander | The final result, matched with two aerial images. | |||
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