June 6

Image John Dove Copyright 2007

The striking Abbots Down formation is the first time the crop circles have shown us a three-dimensional representation of a globe. This design seems strangely familiar somehow, many similar examples of this type of design can be found throughout world-media as logos etc.

A globe may imply the planet, or like the circle may represent wholeness and unity. Interestingly, 2005 saw many four-fold designs, perhaps this in someway brings those explorations of fourness to some kind of resolution.

Cut into four sections horizontally and vertically, the formation comprises sixteen individual components. Four (of course) is the square root of sixteen.

- Karen Alexander