Firefox Crop Circle!

[supernova_00]

Professionals from england were paid and flown in to do this, also the farmer was paid. Noting this to try and reduce comments about mad off farmers or stupid fans with too much time on their hands kind of posts.

Does the sudden appearance of a Firefox crop circle imply which browser extraterrestrials prefer? We don't know, but it was still fun to make!

Constructed by local Firefox fans and the same team that created the Firefox mural from cornstarch and kool-aid and launched the Firefox weather balloon, the Firefox Crop Circle project shows that we have so much passion for Firefox that we want it to be visible from space!

Planned in under two weeks and completed in under 24 hours, the crop circle had a final diameter of 220 feet. We constructed the circle in an oat field near Amity, Oregon, where it was completely invisible from the road but unmistakable from the sky. Our team consisted of 12 people, mainly OSU students, and we carefully stomped down oats from 3:30pm Friday afternoon until 2:30am, putting on the finishing touches between 7:30am and 11:00am Saturday, August 12.

night shot

Matt and John, Mozilla video interns, came up with the idea a few weeks beforehand. Fueled by the enthusiasm of Asa Dotzler at Mozilla, suddenly the crop circle was within reach. While at OSCON 2006 in Portland, the three of them ran into members of the OSLUG, and things really started to take shape. [Read More]

Bug #347226 [Marketing:General] - There is no firefox crop circle [All]

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Edited August 16, 2006 by supernova_00

[andrew_f]

Hahhaha awesome.

[kombolcha]

interesting..

[Soham]

That is a best idea, i have seen in a long time.

[leesmithg]

You'd thought they would have coloured it in at least.

Blah at amateurs!

[AJerman]

I wish I had that much extra time on my hands!

Pretty cool :)

Edit: I don't, however, wish I was that much of a nerd.

[supernova_00]

Now to see it in google earth whenever digital globe gets a new shot of that area. Hopefully we can persuade google to get them to do it :)

[Prosidius]

Now that is cool. :)

[DariusVE]

oh!

A message from "outter space"?

The aliens preffers Firefox!!!

[Bhav]

:rofl: It's a sign...

[TheRealDave]

Haha nice original idea. I love it!

[mikebeech]

Hmm, pretty sad tbh. :p

[MrStoo]

Haha, very nice. It's a sign :p

[Neil]

lol that made me laugh

[djesteban]

ghaa! nice idea!, love it :)

[Novaoblivion]

Haha awesome.

[+vlsi0n Subscriber¹]

eh.

[Mike]

talk about being lame...

[James B]

Quite impressed at how accurate it is.

[Sistum Id]

so these people at OSU made it...are they persuing there degree in crop circles lol, must of been the final exam. those people in oregon just sit around and smoke all day and come up with whacky ideas. gotta love it tho

[S.MULLA]

E.T. uses firefox.. :p

[Nexus]

Waiting for NEOWIN crop circle. Surely little grey aliens browse neowin if not an actual member(s). One day they will show their devotion and create a NEOWIN crop circle.

[Des429]

o well at least its not as nerdy as the "firefox launch party" a while back. now that was sad.

[neostyle]

haha what a cool idea :laugh:

[Boxster17]

haha..that's pretty cool, surprised at how well it actually turned out.