More and more people are getting tattoos of crop circles because they are drawn to their mysterious beauty. Let's look at the story behind a phenomenon that science still cannot explain... Sempre più persone si tatuano i crop circles attratte dal loro fascino. Scopriamo insieme le tappe di un mistero a cui la scienza non sa ancora dare una risposta...

Crop circles occur in wheat fields all over the world but no one knows how they get there. In Britain, generations of farmers remember the appearance of simple circles in their fields. Yet the media only became interested in these mysterious signs in the early 1980s. Since 1990 people's attention has been attracted by the arrival of complex geometric formations rather than just simple circles.
They are now a worldwide phenomenon, more and more examples of which are recorded every year, in an increasing number of countries.
However, the most significant crop circles are found in southern England and many of them appear close to ancient archaeological sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury and Silbury Hill (the largest man-made hill in Europe).

Although there are many theories about their origin, no one has been able to provide a clear, convincing explanation of how crop circles are made.  The most interesting clues appear in certain video clips, which show small luminous spheres of white light in and around the fields. Many of these lights have been filmed in the middle of the day and they seem to move purposefully and intelligently. Perhaps there is a link between these balls of light and the formation of crop circles.
Careful scientific analysis has been carried out on the plants growing inside the crop circles. The work of American bio-physicist William Levengood would suggest that the creation of a crop circle involves an energy similar to that of a microwave oven. Meanwhile researchers have come up with more and more creative and innovative ideas; in some fields of research they use meditation, lights and music in the attempt to communicate with new figures in the fields, since the interaction of crop circles with the human mind was noted. In any case, crop circles have amazed, moved and inspired people from all over the world. The most geometrical shapes ever found literally on the earth, have also inspired original jewellery (like that made by Ashercut, go to: www.crops.it) that prove these unusual symbols are capturing more and more people's imagination. Without forgetting the number who choose a crop circle design for their tattoo.