Draw a circle. Draw and extend the horizontal and vertical centerlines.
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Construct the inscribed 13-sided regular polygon of circle 1, pointing up. (Note, that this polygon can not be constructed by using ruler-and-compass construction methods. The co-ordinates of its angular points must be calculated).
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Construct a 13-pointed star, by connecting all angular points of polygon 2, five apart. |
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Construct the inscribed circle of polygon 2. |
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Construct the inscribed 13-sided regular polygon of circle 4, pointing down.
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Connect all angular points of polygon 5, two apart. Extend all these connection-lines, until they meet every third extended connection-line. A 13-pointed star is formed, as shown.
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Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the angular points of star 6.
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Draw all the rays from the center of circle 1 to the angular points of star 6. |
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Construct the inscribed circle of one of the kite-shaped parts of star 3, as shown (tangent to the diagonals of two adjacent angular points and tangent to the diagonals of the next two angular points, three apart).
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Copy circle 9 13 times, to the intersections of rays 8 and circle 1.
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Construct a small circle centered at the upper intersection of circle 4 and the vertical centerline, tangent to circle 1 at the near side.
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Draw the connecting line between the left intersection of the lowest circle 10 with circle 1 and the center of circle 1. Extend this line up to circle 7, see figure.
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Copy circle 11 to the (upper) intersection of line 12 and circle 7.
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Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, passing through the third set of intersections of diagonals forming star 3, counted inwards from circle 1 inclusive.
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Construct a small circle the centerline of which connects the lower intersections of circles 1 and 4 with the vertical centerline.
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Copy circle 15 13 times, to the intersections of rays 8 and circle 14.
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Construct the inscribed circle of the 13-sided regular polygon enclosed by star 3.
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Taking as its center the upper intersection of the set of intersections of the diagonals forming star 3 closest to the center of circle 1, construct a small circle, tangent to circle 17 at the near side. See figure. |
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Copy circle 18 13 times, to the centers of circles 16. |
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Copy circle 18 another time, to the center of circle 13.
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Construct a circle concentric to circle 1, tangent to circle 20 at the outer side. |
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Circles 1, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19 and 21, and star 3 form the ingredients for the reconstruction.
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Remove from circles 7, 13 and 21 the parts not visible in the formation. |
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Colouring green the areas corresponding to standing...
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...or to flattened crop, finishes the reconstruction of the 2003 West Stowell formation.
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The final result matches perfectly with the aerial image. |
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