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Real UFO Crop circles?
This documentary explains how humans could not have made such complex patterns on a grand scale, and that the molecular structure of the crops are altered during the event as if they were microwaved from the inside out. This documentary explains how humans could not have made such complex patterns on a grand scale, and that the molecular structure of t... more
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Political "crop circle" Encourages Voting
For this campaign season, it's out with the "Go Bengals" theme and in with a civic-minded "Vote '08" theme for the 12-acre corn maze at Irons Fruit Farm on Stubbs Mill Road.
Fourth-generation farmer Bill Irons, 40, has been coming up with a different theme for each of the past eight years. His original inspiration: a picture of Larry Bird carved into a cornfield on an Indiana farm.
Irons' father pointed out the picture and challenged him with a "you-can-do-this" comment.
Irons creates his design the old-fashioned way. He draws it out on graph paper, then enlarges it on 16 to 20 pages of graph paper that he tapes together and mounts on a board.
The corn field gets special attention, too. It's planted in two directions - like the intersections on a grid, he said. The corn comes up extra thick that way.
When the corn starts growing, Irons gets out his tractor, and sometimes a hoe. He grooms his creation the entire growing season.
Irons chooses not to use a GPS device, a piece of technology that would guide him more easily through the cutting process. "I use my head and my hands," he said.
This year's image uses the words "Vote '08 - U Decide! DEMS or GOP," plus the clashing elephant and donkey mascots of the Republicans and Democrats.
As a teenager, Irons gave some thought to attending the Cleveland Art Institute. The artist in him reveals itself when he begins thinking about each year's design.
An idea has already germinated for 2009, but he's not giving away any hints.
Family-owned farms have increasingly turned to corn mazes and other types of "agritainment" to boost their bottom lines.
In Liberty Township, the Niederman family operates a paintball facility year-round in addition to a corn maze they open each fall.
Farmers say such ventures really help when weather problems wreak havoc with cash crops. Case in point: A spring freeze and a summer drought wiped out last year's apple crop, a staple of the Irons' family business since the orchards were planted in the 1930s.
The popular corn maze was a lifesaver, said Irons. For this campaign season, it's out with the "Go Bengals" theme and in with a civic-minded "Vote '08" the... more -
Huge Olympic rings in crops
Using the yellow flowers of rape as a background, wheat crops are planted in circles to create the five Olympic rings in Kaiyang County in Southwest China's Guizhou Province, spring 2008. Each ring is 136m in diameter and 9m wide. Using the yellow flowers of rape as a background, wheat crops are planted in circles to create the five Olympic rings in Kaiyang Count... more
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Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields
The most complex, "mind-boggling" crop circle ever to be seen in Britain has been discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire.
The formation, measuring 150ft in diameter, is apparently a coded image representing the first 10 digits, 3.141592654, of pi.
It is has appeared in a field near Barbury Castle, an iron-age hill fort above Wroughton, Wilts, and has been described by astrophysicists as "mind-boggling".
Michael Reed, an astrophysicist, said: "The tenth digit has even been correctly rounded up. The little dot near the centre is the decimal point. The most complex, "mind-boggling" crop circle ever to be seen in Britain has been discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire.... more -
Beyond
Friends on a road trip argue about which XM station to listen to. Their argument is cut short when an unexpected visitor robs them of their essential road trip necessity.
See more on http://www.mavifilm.com Friends on a road trip argue about which XM station to listen to. Their argument is cut short when an unexpected visitor robs them of ... more -
Crop Circles are Cool
To look at anyways. Check out this collage of crop circles from around the world. Pretty amazing how intricate those aliens are :o).
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Crop Circle
This summer John Carey and I, Matt Shichtman, not only completed successful internships as documentary filmmakers for Mozilla, but also left a 45,000 sq. foot crop circle in our wake. Through our video blogging, we brought people a little bit closer to the heart of Mozilla, and we reached out to the community and built a team that was able to create something very special! This summer John Carey and I, Matt Shichtman, not only completed successful internships as documentary filmmakers for Mozilla, but als... more
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