rop circles appear worldwide.
This year,
from April through
August,
at least
140 formations in 15
countries have
been documented and photographed.
Here on the SCN, our intention is not to record them all,
but simply to share their beauty and wonder. To accomplish this, we will post the best aerial photos of the most beautiful crop circles as they appear this year.
{20 crop circles shown below} |
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 August 17, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by Steve Alexander ©2007.
Large images by Lucy Pringle and John Montgomery ©2007.
Architectural diagram by unknown artist. |
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 August 9, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 August 4, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by Steve Alexander ©2007.
Large images by Steve Alexander and architectural diagram by Andreas Muller ©2007. |
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 August 1, 2007
Breathtaking beauty and complexity. Please click the link above to see all the photos ... the ones at ground level are truly incredible.
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by Steve Alexander ©2007.
Large images by Steve Alexander and architectural diagram by Tommy Borms ©2007. |
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 July 29, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 26, 2007
A star burst explodes onto a remote part of the English landscape. This wonderful formation has appeared in a very difficult location to find. It cannot be seen from the ground as it is 8 tram lines into the middle of a large wheat field and hidden from the road by a small wood. Without aerial sighting this would not of been found.
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by John Montgomery ©2007.
Large image by Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 25, 2007
Click the photo on the left to see a great shot taken from the airplane.
PHOTO CREDIT: Images by Couleur Kafé @ Tommy Borms ©2007. |
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 July 19, 2007
This beautiful, huge formation is a very similar design to this website’s icon for the Galleries of Inspiration section.
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by John Montgomery ©2007.
Large image by Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 19, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by John Montgomery ©2007.
Large image by Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 18, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 16, 2007: The Butterfly
This is one of the most beautiful formations ever to appear in the English fields.
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by the Crop Circle Connector ©2007.
Large image by Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 11, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by George Latham ©2007.
Large image by Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 7, 2007: The Cube in the Hexagon
Symbolically, the hexagram stands for yin-yang, the union of male and female, the sacred marriage, the primordial energy and the Source of all Creation. In Jungian terms it represents the union of opposites. The hexagon’s story is one of surrender to a greater force in preparation for new life ... something like what happens to bees over the winter in the hexagonal cells of the honeycomb in order to re-emerge in the Spring. The cube is a symbol of earth and its four corners corresponding to the sunrise, sunset, midday, midnight and to the solstices and the equinoxes. It also brings forth the concept of stability. In Chinese tradition it is representative of the earth deity. In Mayan tradition, the Tree of Life grows from the center of a cube. It symbolizes the material universe and the New Jerusalem.
PHOTO CREDIT: Andrew King ©2007. |
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 July 7, 2007: Yin-Yang & Wind
The concept of yin and yang originates in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found throughout the Universe. The complex border appears to be a repetitive I Ching symbol: The short bar with a circle is a way of signifying yin. The two longer bars with no dots represent yang. So we have one yin with two yang above. This is the trigram WIND. Wind means gentle effects, small efforts, penetrating work.
PHOTO CREDIT: Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 July 7, 2007
PHOTO CREDIT: Small image by George Latham ©2007.
Large images by George Latham and the Crop Circle Connector ©2007. |
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 June 28, 2007: Doors of Perception
 A spectacular new crop circle appeared next to West Kennet Long Barrow, one of the prehistoric monuments that are part of the Avebury complex of Neolithic sites. The barrow is one of the most impressive and well-preserved burial chambers in Britain, as well as being one of the most visited. The design of the crop circle not only reflect the main visual elements of what the barrow looks like inside ... but it also expands upon its meaning ... and our mythology of death and perception, as well.
PHOTO CREDIT: Crop circles by Lucy Pringle ©2007.
West Kennett Long Barrow photo: Mysterious Britain ©2007. |
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 June 3, 2007: Nested crescents
The formation at Winterbourne Monkton is a well executed set of nested crescents. The formation is approximately 180 feet in diameter and is in green barley. Variations on this design-type have been seen several times before, first appearing at West Meon in 1995, then subsequently at Penton Grafton 1999 and at Acton Turnville in 2001.
PHOTO CREDIT: Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 May 22, 2007
This formation is located at Wexcombe Down, Wilts and is approximately 200ft in diameter, in green Barley. Discovered while on the way to photographing the formation at Morgans Hill. It is a four-fold geometrical design, similar in nature to the bird (or swallows) formations of 2003 and 2005.
PHOTO CREDIT: Steve Alexander ©2007. |
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 May 18, 2007
A beautiful new crop circle measuring 260 feet in diameter has been reported in a field of young barley in England. This simple, elegant design features precise concentric circles within a 5-pointed star.
PHOTO CREDIT: Peter Sorensen ©2007. |
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 April 15, 2007: Oliver’s Castle
This circle glyph was discovered from the air around noon on April 15th, 2007. It sits alongside Oliver’s Castle near Devizes, Wiltshire and can be viewed from the Castle embankment. The glyph is in a field of flowering oil-seed rape. Crop is standing at about four feet high. The pattern spans across 333 feet of the field with the outer ring of the main circle measuring 33 feet width. Seven arcs, each approximately 5 feet wide cut through the central body of the circle. Click here for architectural schematic.
PHOTO CREDIT: John Dove ©2007. |
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