2026 White Sheet Downs formation
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Reconstruction of the 2026 White Sheet Downs formation | ||
| 1. |
| Draw a circle. Draw the horizontal and vertical centerlines. |
| 2. |
| Construct the inscribed dodecagon (regular 12-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. |
| 3. |
| Construct a circle centered at the top of dodecagon 2, passing through its upper righthand angular point. |
| 4. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 3 at the lower side. |
| 5. |
| Copy circle 3 to the center of circle 1. |
| 6. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 3, tangent to circle 5 at the upper side. |
| 7. |
| Construct the circumscribed square of circle 1, with horizontal and vertical sides. |
| 8. |
| Draw the ray of square 7, from the center to the upper righthand angular point. |
| 9. |
| Construct the inscribed dodecagon of circle 1, with one angular point at the intersection of circle 1 and line 8. |
| 10. |
| Construct a circle concentric to circle 3, passing through the upper righthand angular point of dodecagon 9. |
| 11. |
| Copy circle 10 to the center of circle 1. |
| 12. |
| Construct the "two-points" circle (defined by the two end-points of a centerline) between the upper intersection of circle 1 and the lower intersection of circle 10 with the vertical centerline. |
| 13. |
| Construct the "two-points" circle between the righthand intersections of circles 3 and 6 with circle 1. |
| 14. |
| Copy circle 12 to the center of circle 13. |
| 15. |
| Copy circle 14, while mirroring with respect to the vertical centerline. |
| 16. |
| Construct the "two-points" circle between the lower intersections of circles 3 and 6 with the vertical centerline. |
| 17. |
| Copy circle 16 to the center of circle 3. |
| 18. |
| Draw two lines, parallel with the vertical centerline, tangent to circles 16 and 17 at both sides. |
| 19. |
| Copy circle 3 to the righthand intersection of circle 1 and the horizontal centerline. |
| 20. |
| Remove all redundant parts from circles 3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, and 19, and lines 18, such that... |
| 21. |
| ...this pattern remains. |
| 22. |
| Copy pattern 21 three times, from the upper intersection of circle 1 and the vertical centerline, to its other intersections with the horizontal and vertical centerlines, while rotating around its center, as shown. |
| 23. |
| Circles 4, and 11, and patterns 21, and 22, together, make up the final reconstruction. |
| 24. |
| Colour all areas corresponding to standing... |
| 25. |
| ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the 2026 White Sheet Downs formation. |
| 26. |
| The final result, matched with the aerial image. |
| Copyright © 2026, Zef Damen, The Netherlands |
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