Still Waters Posted February 21, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Fairy circles are round gaps in arid grassland that are distributed very uniformly over the landscape and only occur along the Namib Desert in southern Africa and in parts of Australia. Various theories circulate about the actual cause of these unusual spatial patterns, ranging from poisonous Euphorbia plants or rising gases, to ants, termites or plant competition for sparse water resources. Scientists from the University of Göttingen, Australia and Israel have now got to the bottom of their cause with soil investigations and drones. The results suggest that the fairy circles in Australia were caused by processes such as the weathering of the soil by heavy rainfall, extreme heat and evaporation. The extensive data collected by the researchers argued against a causal relationship to underground termite structures. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190221122954.htm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted February 21, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) This is a fairy ring! A circle of toadstools that fairies sit on when they have a gathering. Edited February 21, 2019 by ouija ouija 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted February 21, 2019 #3 Share Posted February 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, ouija ouija said: This is a fairy ring! A circle of toadstools that fairies sit on when they have a gathering. Can you please post a bigger picture? I can't see the fairies! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted February 21, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, sci-nerd said: Can you please post a bigger picture? I can't see the fairies! * is puzzled * ...... what do you mean 'I can't see the fairies'? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 21, 2019 #5 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) Do the fairies only show up with infrared?!? Edited February 21, 2019 by acute 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAyMO Posted February 21, 2019 #6 Share Posted February 21, 2019 only really intelligent people can see the Fairies. I'm sure if you'd all just look again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted February 21, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, RAyMO said: Only really intelligent people can see the Fairies. I'm sure if you'd all just look again. . Are you deliberately trying to incur the wrath of The Weej? Edited February 22, 2019 by acute 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted February 22, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) 43 minutes ago, RAyMO said: only really intelligent people can see the Fairies. I'm sure if you'd all just look again. Oh look, I found one!!! It has a little moustache! Are they supposed to have that?! Edited February 22, 2019 by sci-nerd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted February 22, 2019 #9 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I believe the circles in the thread are not the same as fairy rings. Quote So far, fairy circles are only known from southwestern Africa around the Namib Desert and from Western Australia near the miners' town of Newman. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190221122954.htm We get fairy rings on a patch of land near us where we walk the dogs, they are quite lovely, but as yet i have not seen any fairies, i do hope the dogs have not eaten them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted February 22, 2019 #10 Share Posted February 22, 2019 It is a fungus... Not a mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted February 22, 2019 #11 Share Posted February 22, 2019 We get those mushroom rings a lot, when i was young was when an old neighbor told me about how mushrooms do that, never seen faries though, it's a cool natural phenomenon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted February 22, 2019 #12 Share Posted February 22, 2019 8 hours ago, sci-nerd said: Oh look, I found one!!! It has a little moustache! Are they supposed to have that?! Oh for goodness' sake! That's not a fairy it's a gnome. (Or possibly a very old granny fairy). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted February 22, 2019 #13 Share Posted February 22, 2019 12 hours ago, ouija ouija said: This is a fairy ring! A circle of toadstools that fairies sit on when they have a gathering. Jonny cash sang about this in his the fairy ring of fire. ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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