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CROP CIRCLES IN 1999 |
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West Overton, nr Avebury, Wiltshire. Reported 24th June.
Updated Wednesday 7th July 1999
Image Steve Alexander Copyright
1999
Tramlines digitally removed by Peter Sorensen
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A video Shots by Peter Sorensen (Homepage) Copyright 1999
OVERTON GASKET
Idealized Diagram (Omitting slight irregularities)
© Peter Sorensen
A video Shot by Peter Sorensen (Homepage) Copyright 1999
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The perspetive distortion of the lens which
makes the angles of the crop at the bottom look like they aren't three
continuous shots -- but they are.
I saw a segment on TLC channel on Saturday morning, June 26, which dealt with
current findings in the field of nanotechnology. I was delighted,for only hours before,
I'd received Peter's photo of the startling new Overton Formation. The similarities
between the two jumped out at me.
In the bottom right picture of the poster, we're looking at 'BuckyBalls' seen at the
atomic level (ie, each sphere is an atom). The BuckyBalls are composed of atoms of Carbon,
Nickel, and one other element, I couldn't write fast enough to catch it. When heated
together, the three form a carbon plasma. The plasma is then cooled in a quartz cylinder,
and these invisible-to-the-eye nanotubules precipitate out. It appears as though the
process is either complex, expensive, or both, for according to the speaker there were
only 2 grams of these tubules *in the world* when the piece was filmed.
The study of nanotubes is encompassed within the relatively new field of nanotechnology.
Nanotubes conduct electricity; the Potentials of this capability are explored in the still
newer field of 'molecular electronics'.
- ilyes
