Scientists Say They've Found Huge Number of Mysterious Circles Around the World. Where did they come from? (phenomenon, ancient)

[Oklazona Bound]

They are called Fairy Circles, what are they?

Scientists Say They've Found Huge Number of Mysterious Circles Around the World. Where did they come from?

Using artificial intelligence, researchers have discovered mysterious "fairy circles" in hundreds of locations across the globe.

These unusual round vegetation patterns have long puzzled experts, dotting the landscapes in the Namib Desert and the Australian outback.

But according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the unusual phenomenon could be far more widespread than previously thought, cracking the case wide open and raising plenty more questions than answers.

[jmking]

I read somewhere that this vegetation, in very dry places, has learned to corral water by forming a circle.

[SkyLark2019]

Research discovered that wind patterns can smoosh grasses and grain plants down into circles and ovals.

[1insider]

Maybe they're landing sites from ancient alien visitors who still used old school rockets that landed vertically and made blast craters. Or, as some scientists have revealed, the Australian ones are made by termite activity and the aborigines have known about them for millennia. Let's all go with alien rockets. Termites are boring.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by 1insider

Maybe they're landing sites from ancient alien visitors who still used old school rockets that landed vertically and made blast craters. Or, as some scientists have revealed, the Australian ones are made by termite activity and the aborigines have known about them for millennia. Let's all go with alien rockets. Termites are boring.

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Originally Posted by jmking

I read somewhere that this vegetation, in very dry places, has learned to corral water by forming a circle.

[ocpaul20]

I understood Fairy Circles are rings of darker or different-coloured grass in a grassy area and are caused by patches of fungi which have grown year-after-year outwards in an increasing circular pattern.