2003 West Meon formation
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Reconstruction of the 2003 West Meon formation | ||
| 1. |
| Draw a circle. Draw the horizontal and vertical centre lines. |
| 2. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon (regular 6-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. |
| 3. |
| Construct the inscribed circle of hexagon 2. |
| 4. |
| Construct the inscribed equilateral triangle of circle 1, pointing up. |
| 5. |
| Construct a circle, passing through the centre of circle 1, and tangent to the left-hand and right-hand sides of triangle 4. |
| 6. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon of circle 3, pointing up. |
| 7. |
| Construct a circle, concentric to circle 5, and tangent to the upper left-hand and right-hand sides of hexagon 6. |
| 8. |
| Copy circle 5 to the centre of circle 1. |
| 9. |
| Copy circle 5 another time to the lower intersection of circle 8 and the vertical centre line. |
| 10. |
| Copy circle 7 to the centre of circle 9. |
| 11. |
| Draw the connecting line between the lower intersection of circle 7 and the upper intersection of circle 10 with the vertical centre line. |
| 12. |
| Circles 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 10, and line 11 form the constituents of the reconstruction. |
| 13. |
| Remove those parts not used. |
| 14. |
| Colouring green all areas corresponding to flattened crop... |
| 15. |
| ...or to standing crop, finishes the reconstruction of the 2003 West Meon formation. |
| 16. |
| The final result, matched with the aerial image, shows a perfect fit. |
| Copyright © 2003, Zef Damen, The Netherlands |
