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introduction
What is it that makes crop
circles such a fascinating phenomenon? No doubt the mysterious and
inexplicable aspect plays a mayor role here, but is that all?
How can it be explained that people get so fascinated merely
by looking at them? Even when they don't know a single thing about the
crop formations, the symbols seem to stir up interest nevertheless.
There's something about the pictogram's that has some kind of
hypnotising effect on people. In these sections I will
explain some of the geometrical aspects of the patterns. These aspects
could (partly) explain why the symbols have such influence on people
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external pentagonal geometry
The first formations to
be studied on their geometrical characteristics were those of the early
90s. People like John Martineau and Wolfgang Schindler studied these
formations intensively. And not without result. Both John and Wolfgang
looked mainly at the outer shapes and found many peculiarities. This
section briefly shows the outcome of especially Wolfgang's work. |
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internal geometry
Whereas most people only
look at the outer shapes of the crop circles, I took a look
inside. By trying to reconstruct different formations, I found that these
formations were all based on an intriguing geometry. This geometry was not
visible at the outside but it was definitely there. This internal geometry
has some amazing implications. In the next sections those implications will
be explained. This section shows how this internal geometry functions. See
the main-section
Crop Circle Reconstructions
to get a complete overview of
all the steps needed to reconstruct the different crop formations. |
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size, placing and ratios
There is no coincidence
in geometrical constructions. Every element is in size and placing
determent by the previous steps. That is the nature of geometrical
construction. This means also that if it's possible to reconstruct crop
circles using geometrical construction techniques, the different elements
within the construction (crop circle) will by nature have special ratios
to each other and their placing do follow strict rules. Neither the size
of the elements nor their placing is coincidental. This section shows two
examples of how this goes for crop circles. It shows that different
elements within a formation are indeed not random in size and placing and
do have by nature special ratios to eachother. |
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construction points
Geometrical constructions
can be made with the aid of a straight edge and a pair of compasses. The
compass is obviously being used for making circles. In order to do this
you must put the needle of the compass in the paper. While reconstructing
crop circles, you have to do this many, many times. The places where you
put the needle in the paper you could call ‘construction points’.
These construction points were in the formations I studied
always on special places. This section shows what it is that makes those
places special and which conclusions can be drawn from it. |
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construction lines
If you take a closer look
at the lay of the crop in a crop circle you will sometimes find pathways
of crop under the general lay. These pathways are on average a foot wide
and it often looks as if these pathways represent the general outlay of
the formation. They look like 'construction lines' and these construction
lines have for obvious reasons a very bad reputation. A lot of people
think that these lines are the ultimate proof of human activity. But it is
not that simple. I will show in this section that construction
lines found in formations can turn out to be of unexpected value. |
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3 D - fractals
In the mid 90s some of the found
crop circles were based on fractals. For instance the so-called 'Juliaset'
at Stonehenge in 1996 and the 'Triple Juliaset' at Windmill Hill the same
year. In later years this resembling disappeared and was replaced by other
features. In 1999 a lot of the crop circles looked three-dimensionally.
But did the fractals really disappear? In this
section I will show how the 1999, three-dimensionally looking, crop
circle at West-Overton (England) also contained an element of a fractal. A
three-dimensional fractal. |
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3 D - crop circle models
Especially after the 1999
season, were a lot of crop circles looked three-dimensional, many people
got suddenly interested in the three-dimensional aspects a crop circle can
have. Already before this 1999 season I looked at the
possibilities to reconstruct (two-dimensional) crop circles into
three-dimensional shapes. This can be done in various ways, depending on
the conventions you make before you start. In this section I will show two
different ways of making the two-dimensional patterns three-dimensional.
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