2003 Milk Hill formation
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Reconstruction of the 2003 Milk Hill formation | ||
| 1. |
| Draw a circle. Draw and extend the horizontal and vertical centerlines. |
| 2. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon (regular 6-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. |
| 3. |
| Copy circle 1 to the upper angular point of hexagon 2. |
| 4. |
| Repeat this for all other angular points of hexagon 2. |
| 5. |
| Copy circle 1 to the upper intersection of circle 3 and the vertical centerline. |
| 6. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 5 at the upper side. |
| 7. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 3 at the upper side. |
| 8. |
| Draw the connecting lines between intersections of circles 3 and 4, passing through the center of circle 1, 60° apart (as shown). Extend these up to circle 7. |
| 9. |
| Copy circle 6 six times to the intersections of circle 7 with lines 8 and the horizontal centerline. |
| 10. |
| Draw connecting lines between intersections of circles 9 two apart (three times, as shown), and extend these until they meet to form an equilateral triangle pointing up. |
| 11. |
| Construct an equilateral triangle similar to triangle 10, but pointing down, using the three alternate connecting lines. |
| 12. |
| Construct an equilateral triangle, pointing up, similar to triangle 10, using connecting lines between corresponding intersections of circles 9 and circles 3 and 4, as shown. |
| 13. |
| Construct an equilateral triangle similar to triangle 12, but pointing down, using the alternate set of three connecting lines. |
| 14. |
| Copy circle 6 to the left intersection of circle 1 and the horizontal centerline. |
| 15. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the intersections of circle 14 and the vertical centerline. |
| 16. |
| Copy circle 15 six times to the centers of circles 9. |
| 17. |
| Draw the connecting lines between the outer intersections of circles 16, passing through the center of circle 1, 60° apart, as shown. |
| 18. |
| Copy circle 6 to the upper right intersection of triangles 10 and 11. |
| 19. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the lower intersection of circle 18 and the vertical centerline. |
| 20. |
| Copy circle 6 six times to the intersections of circle 19 and lines 17. |
| 21. |
| Draw the connecting line between the two intersections of circle 6 and lines 17 to the right. |
| 22. |
| Construct a circle with the center at the intersection of line 21 and the horizontal centerline, tangent to circle 7 at the near side. |
| 23. |
| Copy circle 22 to the center of circle 1. |
| 24. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 22 at the far side. |
| 25. |
| Construct two inscribed equilateral triangles of circle 24, one pointing up, one pointing down. |
| 26. |
| Construct three pairs of lines at a short mutual distance (distance not constructed), parallel and symmetrical to lines 17, from angular points of triangle 12 to the opposite angular points of triangle 13, as shown. |
| 27. |
| Circles 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 15, 16, 20 and 23, triangles 10, 11, 12, 13 and 25, and lines 26 form the ingredients for the reconstruction. |
| 28. |
| Removing all parts not visible in the formation, and... |
| 29. |
| ...colouring green all areas corresponding to standing,... |
| 30. |
| ...or to flattened crop finishes the reconstruction of the 2003 Milk Hill formation. |
| 31. |
| The final result, matched with the aerial image. |
| Copyright © 2003, Zef Damen, The Netherlands |
