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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 08:55 AM
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Three Extraordinary U K Crop Formations Reported Aug 9, 2005
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Above and below: Wheat formation estimated to be 320 feet in diameter, reported August 9, 2005,
in Waylands Smithy, Wiltshire, England. Aerial images © 2005 by Steve Alexander.



Above and below: "Digital disc" pattern about 150 feet in diameter reported
August 9, 2005, in wheat, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England. Aerial photographs © 2005 by Steve Alexander



Above and below: A "horse" at center of astronomical design? Wheat pattern about 150 feet in diameter
reported August 9, 2005, at Marden, Wiltshire, England. Aerial images © 2005 by Steve Alexander


http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=958&category=Environment
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 08:57 AM
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1. They are beautiful n/t
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 08:57 AM
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2. Whoa. Those are amazing!
Thanks for the photos, they're truly beautiful!
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 08:58 AM
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3. They just keep getting cooler looking. n/t
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:05 AM
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4. Look Out! It's a countdown. When they.................
get to the most elaborate then it's "Game Over".
Saw that in a movie once.
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DrZeeLit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:07 AM
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5. I walked into one of these in England three weeks ago. WOW...
...is all I can say.

I don't know how or what or why -- can't begin to "explain" but the energy inside those formations is palpable.

We were in two crop circles that had just appeared. Those formations are not cut. The barley just lays down, and can still be harvested. Nobody has seen these being made. I couldn't figure out how anyone could do the designs at ground level. They are very intricate and I couldn't "see" the whole thing at all from that point of view. If done from a helicopter, that would be heard, plus the whole design would take an awful lot of time. These designs, as you can see, are extremely detailed.

As far as I'm concerned... AMAZING!
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:14 AM
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7. Actually, they have been seen being made
Some of the first people who did it eventually shot a video of their doing it. It's not just a spur of the moment thing - these guys are very good with math and work it all out on paper before heading out. The tools are pretty simple - sticks for marking certain places in the formation, ropes, and then large planks attached to their shoes that they use on stepping on the crop - bending it but not breaking it. The one that they made for the video was very detailed, and they did it all in one night.

TlalocW
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:08 AM
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6. Not sure where they come from...
But, they sure are lovely.

In any case, the creation of something like that
can't be easy.

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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:15 AM
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8. last year's huge "Aztec" wheat pattern
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 10:11 AM
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11. I am awestruck by that one!
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:21 AM
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9. Beautiful!
I love crop circles. They are so well done. :-)
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:53 AM
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10. All three are wonderful pieces of work.
:thumbsup: to the artist who did them.
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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 10:37 AM
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12. MUST SEE : State of the Art 2005
On the 21st June the Crop Circle Connector web site celebrated its 10th Anniversary as the first site on the World Wide Web to report on the crop circle phenomenon. We would like to thanks the many people who have made this possible and we look forward to another ten years with you.

http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2005/2005.html


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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 10:46 AM
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13. So precise! And so awesome! It is
such a cool thing to look at! Wow!
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 10:57 AM
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14. those are absolutely gorgeous
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