Day 2729: 1/24 of 2020.

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 Tree ‘Crop Circles’ Emerge in Japan

the two tree ‘crop circles’ | photo courtesy Sankei News

Two peculiar ‘crop circles’ have recently been spotted in Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture. Viewable only from above, they were formed by sugi (Japanese cedar) trees. Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed to learn that there is a very practical explanation 

for how these shapes emerged: science. Specifically, it was the result of a scientific experiment that spanned close to 50 years.

According to documentation we obtained from Japan’s Ministry 

of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in 1973 an area of land near Nichinan City was designated as “experimental forestry” and one of the experiments was to try and measure the effect of tree spacing on growth. The experiment was carried out by planting trees 

in 10 degree radial increments forming10 concentric circles of varying diameters. 

Part of what makes the crop circles so alluring are their concave shape, which was an unexpected result of the experiment that would suggest tree density does indeed affect growth.

Below is an image from Google Earth, which is, unfortunately, a bit dark. For those who are interested, here are the exact coordinates.

The trees are due to be harvested in about 5 years but 

officials are now considering preserving the crop circles.

Throwback Thursday .....

young WonderWoman, age 5 at Halloween 1978

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