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Article: Is this pi from the sky or just another crop circle con?
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- June 18, 2008
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WHEN it comes to crop circles, a simple pattern is usually enough
to grab attention.
But this elaborate design, which appeared in a barley field
overnight, has even stunned scientists after it emerged it depicts
the mathematical formula pi.
An astrophysicist saw the image posted on the internet and made
the connection between the design of the crop circle and pi.
While some think the 250ft-wide design is a message from another
world, most put the baffling circles down to hoaxers who have gone
to extraordinary lengths to display their mathematical prowess.
The theory is that the circle, in a field near Barbury Castle in
Wiltshire, south-west England, is a coded image of the first ten ...
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...People visit a crop circle of which the origin is unknown in a cornfield in Corcelles-pres-de-Payerne, Switzerland, Saturday, July 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone/Sandro Campardo)
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