West Kennett Longbarrow Spiral Crop Circle (June 9 2008)

Red Collie has already noted the relationship of the circle to the next solar eclipse due 8 / 1, on schedule to appear  about 53 days after the discovery of the crop circle. As with many of the other crop circles, this one seems to contain additional interpretations. 

Spiral Galaxy 

Stuart has noted the logarithmic nature of the spiral design, and the wide ranging perspectives in which it is found.Regarding our own Milky Way: 

“There are believed to be four major spiral arms which all start at the Galaxy's centre.” 

however 

“Observations presented in 2008 by Robert Benjamin of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater suggest that the Milky Way possesses only two major stellar arms: the Perseus arm and the Scutum-Centaurus arm” (1, 2) 

Our Sun is contained in the Orion Arm, not a major arm by either account. 

The band / segment count of 50 on at least one of the main arms of the crop circle may be related to galactic neighbors of the Milky Way: 

“The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are a binary system of giant spiral galaxies belonging to a group of 50 closely bound galaxies known as the Local Group, itself being part of the Virgo Super-cluster.” (3) 

The June 1 2008 “ratchet” crop circle has been shown to define PI (through arc angles of each segment), and perhaps point to the subsequent eclipse crop circle (June 6) via the inner and outer diameters of the three perimeter ( and finally the central) circles.

Even as the eclipse theme connects the June 1 and June 6 circles, a mathematical theme of PI and “E” (mathematical constant = 2.7) may connect the June 1 and June 9 circles, as already noted by others on this site (due to the logarithmic nature of the design), and the oscillation of the sun about the plane of the Milky Way: 

“The number e is one of the most important numbers in mathematics alongside the additive and multiplicative identities 0 and 1, the constant π, and the imaginary unit i.” (4)  

“In addition the Sun oscillates up and down relative to the galactic plane approximately 2.7 times per orbit. This is very similar to how a simple harmonic oscillator works with no drag force (dampening) term.” (5 ) 

Hurricane Season 

A central “eye” is a feature of hurricanes. 

The hurricane season for the North Atlantic region officially started June 1, eight days before the crop circle was discovered.   The statistical peak of this hurricane season officially occurs September 10 (no obvious connection to the segmenting in the crop circle). (6) 

Perhaps the segmenting in the crop circle could be related to the rain banding that occurs in hurricanes. (7)

 Green Shepherd (June 10 2008)  green.shepherd@yahoo.com 

References: 

1.         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way#Spiral_arms
2.         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:236084main_MilkyWay-full-annotated.jpg
3.         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way#Environment
4.         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_%28mathematical_constant%29
5.         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way#Sun.27s_location
6          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane#Times
7          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane#Banding