Publications The Sahara geoglyphs 16.12.2018. Part 10. Symbol Orientation. Octagon and Nonagon. The Sahara geoglyphsPart 10. Symbol Orientation. Octagon and Nonagon.Among the orientations of SK symbols, corresponding to the angles of an octagon, the angle 112.5° prevails.
Symbol SK 6. Orientation 112.5°. Symbol SK 557. Orientation 112.5°. Symbol SK 803. Orientation 112.5°. Symbol SK 348. Orientation 112.5°. Symbol SK 906. Orientation 112.5°. Symbol SK 807. Orientation 112.5°. Symbol SKR 13. Orientation 112.5°. Symbol SK 339. Orientation 112.5°. Below are two symbols, whose orientation we have already considered. These are the symbols S 941 and S 1026. The orientation of the southeast beam of symbol S 941 corresponds to the pentagram angle of 144°, and the same beam of symbol S 941 is oriented along the hexagram angle of 150°.
The northeastern beam of the symbol S 941 corresponds to an octagon angle of 45°.
Геоглиф SK 1026
The northeastern beam of symbol S 1026 also corresponds to the octagon angle of 45°. The southeastern beam of symbol S 1250 corresponds to the octagon angle of 135°. The southeastern beam of symbol S 1563 corresponds to the octagon angle of 157.5°.
The orientation of symbol SKM 379 corresponds to the octagon angle of 67.5°.
The two images below show the orientation of symbols of the SS type corresponding to the angles of octagon. The following image shows a rectangular object AS 41, two sides of which are oriented according to the angles of octagon 22.5° and 112.5°.
Next, we turn to the orientations that correspond to the angles of a 9-gon — nonagon. Among these orientations, the angle of 100° prevails.
Symbol SК 942. Orientation 100° Symbol SК 189. Orientation 100° Symbol SК 1016. Orientation 100° Symbol SК 39. Orientation 100° Many other types of geoglyphs that have straight elements are also often oriented according to nonagon angles. The images below show a couple of typical examples.
Both beams of symbol S 252 are oriented to the angles of nonagon 60° and 160°, measured from the direction to the north. Thus, the angle between the rays is 100°. Moreover, the northeastern ray also corresponds to the hexagram angle of 60°.
The orientation of the direct element is close to the azimuth of 100°. In the next part, we are going to consider the azimuths of the directions between individual symbols. |