They still look pretty interesting. But, just like a magic performance loses some of the... um... magic when you know how it's done and the mystery is removed,

They still look pretty interesting. But, just like a magic performance loses some of the... um... magic when you know how it's done and the mystery is removed, so it is with crop circles. (Of course, you can have transcendent magical acts that are still awesome even when you know how they're done, as Penn and Teller love to illustrate with their cups and balls trick. But the bar is a little higher.)