Geometry Insights by Karen Alexander
Etchilhampton, Wiltshire.
Detail & Location: This circle was reported on the 20th of August and is in a field of golden wheat. It measured approximately 200ft in diameter. The circle was not far from the A342 where it passes Monument Hill. This circle didn’t break any new geometrical ground, but rather recycled design motifs we have seen many times before. A set of nested
crescents make up the central part of the design, with twelve box-type motifs around its perimeter.
Sun, Moon & the Whole of Humanity
The Sanctuary 1994 – the first crescent moon?
The origins for the design of this circle can be traced at least as far back as 1994 where a ringed crescent moon appeared in a field of oilseed rape (canola) next to the Sanctuary – a small stone circle, part of the Avebury complex. As far as I recall this was the first time we had seen this particular motif. The crescent moon reoccurred throughout
the 1994 season in various forms and iterations, it has been with us ever since.
In this circle at Etchilhampton, there are 4 circles which make up the crescent moon motif in its interior, the smallest of which also marks the centre of the entire design. It’s difficult to know which way up (if any way) it is supposed to be? In the end I decided that I don’t really think it matters, it seems to work pretty much anyway. However, I
did like it as it was photographed by Steve with the moons at the bottom, somehow their gravity seemed to weight and anchor the design. There were also a couple of very nice Phi proportions in this part of the crop circle design.
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