Reconstruction of the 2016 White Sheet Hill formation | ||
1. | Draw a circle. Draw and extend the horizontal and vertical centerlines. | |
2. | Construct the inscribed pentagon (regular 5-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. Number the angular points clockwise 1 - 5, starting at the top. | |
3. | Draw the five diagonals of pentagon 2. | |
4. | Draw the five diagonals of the pentagon enclosed by diagonals 3. | |
5. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the mutual intersections of diagonals 4. | |
6. | Construct the inscribed circle of pentagon 2. | |
7. | Construct the inscribed pentagon of circle 6, pointing down. Number the angular points clockwise 6 - 10, starting at the lower angular point. | |
8. | Draw the five diagonals of pentagon 7. | |
9. | Draw the five diagonals of the pentagon enclosed by diagonals 8. | |
10. | Construct the inscribed circle of the pentagon enclosed by diagonals 9. | |
11. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the intersection of the lower righthand diagonal 9 and the horizontal centerline, as shown. | |
12. | Copy circle 11 five times, to the angular points of pentagon 7. | |
13. | Construct the circumscribed circle of the pentagon (passing through its angular points), enclosed by the upper side of pentagon 7, by diagonals 1-3 (from angular point 1 to angular point 3) and 1-4, and by diagonals 7-9 and 8-10. | |
14. | Copy circle 13 to the center of circle 1. | |
15. | Construct a circle centered at the intersection of the upper side of pentagon 7 and the vertical centerline, tangent to circle 13 at the upper side. | |
16. | Copy circle 15 to the top of pentagon 2. | |
17. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 16 at the upper side. | |
18. | Construct a circle centered at the upper, and passing through the lower intersections of circle 16 and the vertical centerline. | |
19. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 18 at the upper side. | |
20. | Copy circle 15 to the upper intersection of circle 18 and the vertical centerline. | |
21. | Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 20 at the upper side. | |
22. | Circles 5, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, and 21, and pentagon 2, are used for the final reconstruction. | |
23. | Remove all parts not visible within the formation itself. | |
24. | Colour all areas corresponding to standing... | |
25. | ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the 2016 White Sheet Hill formation. | |
26. | The final result, matched with the aerial image. |
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