2008 was another busy year for the crop circles. Fine circles appeared at West Kennet, The Ridgeway and Furze Knoll, but the first of the really iconic circles of 2008 appeared on the 1st of June, at Barbury castle in a field of young green barley. This 200ft circle contained a ratcheted spiral with three circles of diminishing size towards its outer perimeter.
The circle was quickly interpreted as encoding the irrational number Pi =3.142 3.141592654. Pi is the number we use to approximate the perimeter or area of a circle. It is an irrational number (with a never ending tail of decimal places. The three circles towards the perimeter of the crop circle indicating this (an ellipsis).
Other formations of note included: the huge circle at Avebury showed the solar system as it would appear on December 21st 2102, the Wavy Cross at West Woods, the extraordinary bubbles at Wayland's Smithy, the South Field Birds and the staggering number 8 which appeared on the eighth day of the eight month 2008 = 8/8/08 (see below).
The year culminated with a huge Celtic Crucifix at Etchilhampton - a masterpiece of circle-making art.
Avebury Down, nr Avebury, Wiltshire - 28th September
Etchilhampton Hill, Wiltshire. August 15
08/08/08
Below Milk Hill, nr Alton Barnes, Wiltshire. Reported 08/08/08
Wayland Smithy, Nr Ashbury, Oxfordshire. Reported July 27
July 22, 2008
South Field, Alton Priors, Wiltshire.
All Cannings - July 1, 2008
Cannings - June 30, 2008
