Wayland Smithy, nr Ashbury, Oxfordshire. Reported 8th July
2006 was a quiet season with some beautiful formations that were evolving as if programmed to do so.
The stand out formation of the year was the circle at Wayland's Smithy - nicknamed 'The Towers'. It depicted one point projection for the very first time in crop circle design.
The circle was a series of towers (twelve in all) emanating from a central dodecagram (twelve pointed star). The resultant image gives the impression of a aerial flight over a ring tower blocks of differing heights - an iconic design.
That was the year others beside myself no longer just viewed the formations as two-dimensional but as three and often animated.
This focus upon dimensionality was also evident on a series of circles which used rings and crescents to create the illusion of dips rises and tunnels.
As if continuing this theme, of visual illusion two huge circles appeared which used parabolic curves - this is where straight lines are criss-crossed on a grid to create the illusion of a curve.
Wayland Smithy, nr Ashbury, Oxfordshire. Reported 8th July
