2023 Barton Stacey Belt formation
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Reconstruction of the 2023 Barton Stacey Belt formation | ||
| 1. |
| Draw a circle. Draw the horizontal and vertical centerlines. |
| 2. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon (regular 6-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. |
| 3. |
| Construct the inscribed circle of hexagon 2. |
| 4. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon of circle 3, pointing up. |
| 5. |
| Copy circle 3 to the upper righthand angular point of hexagon 4. |
| 6. |
| Copy circle 3 to the upper lefthand angular point of hexagon 4. |
| 7. |
| Copy circle 3 to the lower angular point of hexagon 4. |
| 8. |
| Construct a circle tangent to the upper lefthand and righthand sides of hexagon 2, and tangent to circle 5. |
| 9. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the center of circle 8. |
| 10. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 5, passing through the upper righthand intersection of hexagon 2 and circle 9. |
| 11. |
| Copy circle 10 two times, to the centers of circles 6 and 7. |
| 12. |
| Construct a circle centered at the top of hexagon 4, tangent to the upper sides of hexagon 2. |
| 13. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon of circle 12, pointing up. |
| 14. |
| Construct the inscribed circle of hexagon 13. |
| 15. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 14 at the lower side. |
| 16. |
| Construct the inscribed hexagon of circle 15, pointing up. |
| 17. |
| Construct a circle centered at the lower angular point of hexagon 16, passing through its upper righthand angular point. |
| 18. |
| Draw the connecting line between the center of circle 1 and the upper intersection of circle 17 and the vertical centerline. Divide this line into six equal parts. |
| 19. |
| Construct a (very small) circle centered at the upper intersection of circle 8 and the vertical centerline, tangent to the upper righthand side of hexagon 2. |
| 20. |
| Copy circle 19 five times, to the upper intersection of circle 17 and the vertical centerline, and to the upper four division nodes 18. |
| 21. |
| Construct five pairs of circles concentric to circle 17, tangent to circles 20 at both sides. |
| 22. |
| Copy circle 19 to the center of circle 1, and move this circle (copy and delete original) to its own upper intersection with the vertical centerline. See detail. |
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| 23. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 7, tangent to circle 22 at the upper side. |
| 24. |
| Repeat all necessary steps to copy and rotate circles 20 and 23, together, two times, with respect to the upper lefthand and righthand angular points of hexagon 16. |
| 25. |
| Circles 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 21, 23, and 24, are used for the final reconstruction. |
| 26. |
| Remove all parts not visible within the formation itself. |
| 27. |
| Colour all areas corresponding to standing... |
| 28. |
| ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the 2023 Barton Stacey Belt formation. |
| 29. |
| The final result, matched with the aerial image. |
| Copyright © 2023, Zef Damen, The Netherlands |
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