2009 Bishop Cannings formation
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Reconstruction of the 2009 Bishop Cannings formation | ||
| 1. |
| Draw a circle. Draw and extend the horizontal and vertical centre lines. |
| 2. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon (regular 6-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing to the right. |
| 3. |
| Create a "Flower-of-life" pattern, by copying circle 1 six times, to the angular points of hexagon 2. |
| 4. |
| Construct a second inscribed hexagon of circle 1, pointing up. |
| 5. |
| Construct the circumscribed dodecagon (regular 12-sided polygon) of circle 1, the midpoint of one side coincident with the right hand intersection with the horizontal centre line. |
| 6. |
| Construct the circumscribed circle of dodecagon 5. |
| 7. |
| Copy circle 6 six times, to the angular points of hexagon 4. |
| 8. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the upper intersection of rightmost circle 3 and upper left hand circle 7. |
| 9. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the upper intersection of upper left hand and upper right hand circles 7. |
| 10. |
| Copy circle 9 to the rightmost angular point of hexagon 2. |
| 11. |
| Construct a circle centred at the leftmost angular point of hexagon 2, tangent to circle 10 at the left hand side. |
| 12. |
| Copy circle 10 eleven times, to the other angular points of hexagon 2 and all angular points of hexagon 4. |
| 13. |
| Copy circle 11 eleven times, to the other angular points of hexagon 2 and all angular points of hexagon 4. |
| 14. |
| Circles 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are used in the final steps. |
| 15. |
| Remove all redundant parts not visible within the formation itself. |
| 16. |
| Colour all areas corresponding to standing... |
| 17. |
| ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the 2009 Bishop Cannings formation. |
| 18. |
| The final result, matched with two aerial images. |
| Copyright © 2009, Zef Damen, The Netherlands |
