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. | ||||
18. | Copy circle 17 to the lower intersection of circle 15 and the vertical centerline. See detail. | ||||
19. | Copy circle 9 to the lower intersection of circle 18 and the vertical centerline. See detail. | ||||
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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