Reconstruction of the 2016 Westbury White Horse 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 top of hexagon 2. | |
4. | Copy circle 1 to the lower angular point of hexagon 2. | |
5. | Construct a circle centered at the intersection of the righthand side of hexagon 2 and the horizontal centerline, tangent to circle 1 at the righthand side. | |
6. | Copy circle 5 to the center of circle 1. | |
7. | Construct a circle centered at the upper righthand angular point of hexagon 2, tangent to circle 6 at the upper righthand side. | |
8. | Copy circle 7 to the lower righthand angular point of hexagon 2. | |
9. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the lefthand intersection of circles 7 and 8. | |
10. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 3, passing through the lower righthand intersection of circles 4 and 7. | |
11. | Copy circle 10 to the center of circle 4. | |
12. | Draw the connecting line between the center of circle 1 and the lower intersection of circle 10 and the vertical centerline. Divide this line into nine equal parts. | |
13. | Construct eight circles concentric to circle 3, passing through the division nodes 12. | |
14. | Copy circles 13 to the center of circle 4. | |
15. | Copy circle 7 to the top of hexagon 2. | |
16. | Construct a circle enclosed by and tangent to circles 8, 9, and 15. | |
17. | Copy circle 16 to the top of hexagon 2. | |
18. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 17 at the upper side. | |
19. | Create the shown pattern, by removing all parts not visible within the formation itself from circles 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, and 14. | |
20. | Copy pattern 19 five times (by repeating all necessary steps), while rotating around the center of circle 1, each 60° apart, as shown. | |
21. | Circles 6, 9, and 18, and patterns 19, and 20, make up the final reconstruction. | |
22. | Colour all areas corresponding to standing... | |
23. | ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the 2016 Westbury White Horse formation. | |
24. | The final result, matched with the aerial image. |
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