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Reconstruction of the 2001 Stanton Bridge formation | ||
| The Stanton Bridge formation is a very nice example of how intriguing and delicate the structure of a "crop circle" can be. I will give two reconstructions. The first is not accurate enough, and therefore I rejected it. At the end, I will show why. Then, I'll give a better (final) reconstruction. Here is the first reconstruction with little comment. | ||
| 1a. | 
| Start with a circle. |
| 2a. | 
| Two inscribed hexagons. |
| 3a. | 
| Eight rays. |
| 4a. | 
| Inscribed circle. |
| 5a. | 
| Inscribed 12-pointed star. |
| 6a. | 
| Circle. |
| 7a. | 
| Clip off... |
| 8a. | 
| ...and retain only the outer star's points. |
| 9a. | 
| One diagonal... |
| 10a. | 
| ...twelve times. |
| 11a. | 
| Circle. |
| 12a. | 
| Clip off... |
| 13a. | 
| ...and retain only the middle star's points. |
| 14a. | 
| Diagonal... |
| 15a. | 
| ...twelve times. |
| 16a. | 
| Circle. |
| 17a. | 
| Clip off... |
| 18a. | 
| ...and retain only the inner star's points. |
| 19a. | 
| Four circles, three stars. |
| 20a. | 
| The final pattern. |
| 21a. | 
| The result, matched with the aerial image. |
| The result looks fairly good. But a more close observation shows its shortcomings. Let's look at some ground shots: | ||
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| The inserted lines show clearly, that the outer and middle stars' points do not coincide with the lines connecting the stars' corner-points, as assumed in the above reconstruction. | ||
| So, here we go again! Here is a second trial, now fully commented. | ||
| 1. | 
| Draw a circle. Draw the horizontal and vertical centerlines. |
| 2. | 
| Construct the two circumscribed hexagons (regular 6-sided polygons) of circle 1, one pointing up, one pointing to the right. |
| 3. | 
| Construct the circumscribed hexagon of hexagon 2, pointing to the right. |
| 4. | 
| Construct the circumscribed circle of hexagon 3. |
| 5. | 
| With the help of corner-points and intersections of hexagons 2, draw the 24 evenly distributed rays (horizontal and vertical centerlines included). |
| 6. | 
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the mutual intersections of hexagons 2. |
| 7. | 
| Construct the inscribed hexagon of circle 6, pointing to the right. |
| 8. | 
| Construct the inscribed circle of hexagon 7. |
| 9. | 
| Draw the connecting lines between intersections of circles 4 and 8 and the indicated rays. |
| 10. | 
| Repeat this 11 times (12 in total) for all other corresponding intersections. |
| 11. | 
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the indicated intersections of lines 9 and 10. |
| 12. | 
| Clip off all parts of lines 9 and 10, except for the parts between the shown intersections, and all corresponding ones. |
| 13. | 
| The twelve points of the outer star remain. |
| 14. | 
| Construct the inscribed equilateral triangle of circle 11, pointing down. |
| 15. | 
| Construct the inscribed circle of triangle 14. |
| 16. | 
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the intersection of lines 9. |
| 17. | 
| Construct two lines, connecting the intersection of circle 16 and the horizontal centerline on the left with the intersections of circle 11 and the two indicated rays. |
| 18. | 
| Repeat this 11 times (12 in total) for the other corresponding intersections. |
| 19. | 
| Clip off all parts of lines 17 and 18, except for the indicated parts between circles 11 and 15 and all corresponding ones. |
| 20. | 
| Twelve points of the middle star remain. |
| 21. | 
| Draw the connecting line between the intersections of circle 15 and the indicated rays. |
| 22. | 
| Repeat this 11 times (12 in total) for the other corresponding intersections. |
| 23. | 
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the indicated intersections of lines 21 and 22. |
| 24. | 
| Clip off all parts of lines 21 and 22, and of rays, except for the indicated parts between circles 15 and 23 and all corresponding ones. |
| 25. | 
| The twelve points of the inner star remain. |
| 26. | 
| Circles 1, 11, 15 and 23, and the three 12-pointed stars, outer, middle and inner, form all the ingredients for the reconstruction. |
| 27. | 
| Removing all parts not used, and making black the regions corresponding to standing crop, finish the reconstruction of the 2001 Stanton Bridge formation. |
| 28. | 
| Now, the final result matches fine with the aerial image. |
| Copyright © 2001, Zef Damen, The Netherlands |
