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First crop circles of the year
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| This formation was spotted by Lucy Pringle at Milk Hill near Alton Barnes. |
With the arrival of spring comes the first crop circles of the year, in the shadow of the 19th-century white horse carving at Milk Hill near Alton Barnes.
Formed in the bright yellow oil-seed rape, the crop formations are a familiar sight for Wiltshire residents.
But the crop pattern phenomenon has sparked heated debates around the world over how exactly they are formed.
Some believe they are created from a microwave effect, in which the field is bombarded with hundreds of thousands of volts of electricity from the ionosphere. This softens and bends the hollow oil seed rape stems.
Crop pattern hunter and expert Lucy Pringle photographed another pattern at Avebury, close to Silbury Hill.
She also took pictures of another pattern near Stonehenge. She said: "This is the first batch of crop patterns this year, and I think they're lovely."
Ms Pringle has been involved in long-running research into the effects of electromagnetic fields on living systems in crop circles and boasts the UK's most comprehensive crop circle photographic library.
8:30am Tuesday 20th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Bob, Powys, just left Marlborough on 11:44am Tue 20 May 08
Well done boys.. Could have been a more original design, eh?
Well done boys.. Could have been a more original design, eh?
Posted by: Grant, Marlborough on 2:04pm Tue 20 May 08
well its the 4th of the year actualy.
This one is [bold]SO[/bold] complicated it couldn't possibly have been made by mere humans.
[bold]It must be the work of Morons![/bold]
well its the 4th of the year actualy.
This one is
SO complicated it couldn't possibly have been made by mere humans.
It must be the work of Morons! Posted by: The Maxter, Chippenham on 5:12pm Tue 20 May 08
Heated debates.... my arse!
Heated debates.... my arse!
Posted by: Grant, Marlborough on 8:28pm Tue 20 May 08
I've been wracking my brians all day and
without a rope and a plank and a measuring tape I don't see how this could have been done by humans!
I've been wracking my brians all day and
without a rope and a plank and a measuring tape I don't see how this could have been done by humans!
Posted by: pachyderm, on the moooon on 11:01pm Tue 20 May 08
[quote]"This is the first batch of crop patterns this year, and I think they're lovely."[/quote] Keep taking the tablets, Lucy. There are more diamond in the sky on the way for the summer season to keep the media justifying its existence.
"This is the first batch of crop patterns this year, and I think they're lovely."
Keep taking the tablets, Lucy. There are more diamond in the sky on the way for the summer season to keep the media justifying its existence.
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