Fairy Circles

The hard science behind Australia's whimsical Fairy Circles'

by JoAnna Wendel

In the arid Australian outback, nature forms perfect circles of grass, called Fairy Circles.

Stephan Getzin

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Not to be mistaken for the mushroom "Fairy Rings" of the forest.

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