UM-Bot Posted January 19, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Ecologists believe that they may have finally solved the mystery behind Namibia's mysterious circles. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/302907/namibia-fairy-circle-mystery-solved-at-last 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted January 19, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Pretty cool. Maybe it explains crop circles, too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniwha Posted January 19, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, brlesq1 said: Pretty cool. Maybe it explains crop circles, too... Yes! It's very likely Namibia circles were made with ropes and planks of wood too .. Now we can all sleep at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted January 20, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) They are ice circle's like some of the big ones in the Carolina bays that left big indentations , when the ice melted in a run off. https://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=ice+circles+pictures&s_chn=prt_btest-accessible-test-g&v_t=comsearch https://search.aol.com/aol/image?s_it=sb-top&s_chn=prt_btest-accessible-test-g&v_t=comsearch&q=carlrilina+bays Edited January 20, 2017 by docyabut2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted January 20, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 20, 2017 As a member of the Pro-termite side of this debate, I will never accept that the Organized-plants people could have anything to EVER add to the discussion. They simply don't know what they are talking about. (Kidding....) I find it heartening that some brave soul somewhere bucked those who thought they had the answers and combined hypothesis to come up with something better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps Posted January 20, 2017 #6 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I grew up in Namibia and these circles are no secret lol. There is a bush that grows that the locals call the "Melkbos" which when you break its stalks produce a milk like substance that can cause blindness, and when it dies nothing grows in its place for ages. These are areas where these bushes were abundant but died out leaving these circles. Now you can spend lots of money and do research and computer simulations with university degrees and qualifications from abroad, or you can just ask the guy tending his sheep in the area who never even attended school and save some money for important research. Sad. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Evan Posted January 20, 2017 #7 Share Posted January 20, 2017 That's hardly conducive to landing government grant $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell Posted January 20, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 20, 2017 In the comments to this article goo.gl/QjLxkp a different hypothesis is proposed: that the circles arise due to micro-climate air circulation. The principle is even used to explain briny water rivulets on slopes on Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeycat Posted January 21, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 21, 2017 On 20/01/2017 at 9:47 AM, jps said: I grew up in Namibia and these circles are no secret lol. There is a bush that grows that the locals call the "Melkbos" which when you break its stalks produce a milk like substance that can cause blindness, and when it dies nothing grows in its place for ages. These are areas where these bushes were abundant but died out leaving these circles. Now you can spend lots of money and do research and computer simulations with university degrees and qualifications from abroad, or you can just ask the guy tending his sheep in the area who never even attended school and save some money for important research. Sad. Very interesting. Euphorbia damarana (Damara milk-bush):- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_damarana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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