This picture is another one of my light drawings, in which I use light-generating objects at low light to create shapes and patterns with long exposures. This one was a 2 minute, 21 second exposure. It used two objects: a glow circle and a rainbow light wand. I would put the glow circle down and then move the light wand around, then move the circle and do it again, five times. While this was going on, a truck passed on the road behind me, creating that line of light you get in the background.
The reason part of the lawn was really well-lit was because of the bright moon shining over the roof of the house.
Okay... puzzles after the jump.
The usual rules apply: post spoilers and/or hints only inside comments, not in their subjects. Ideally, your subjects should contain items such as "SOLUTION FOR #2" Or "#3 HINT" with the actual hints or answers inside the body of the message. This avoids spoiling it for others.
This week's puzzle includes three new puzzles, plus three unsolved ones from the previous week. The first three are cryptograms, which are cypher puzzles: each letter for each puzzle is replaced with another. I.e., if you substitute the letter "A" with the letter "K," "K" will represent "A" throughout the entire puzzle. Each cryptogram uses its own letter key. Cryptograms are phrases and/or statements converted through such a key. The goal is to translate the statement. Cryptolists are lists of items with a common thread.
- A cryptolist:
TIEIF MEHXIERT:
- SEIVU QVOYF
- AVUVRORO
- COUFEO
- ZVUIHFRXFQ
- HQVPXLFUMF
- MAFWFUUF
- RXIIRF QVMB
- A cryptogram:
RX CBY SMFI ZIVBZIZ WSRU VKCQWBAKMT, CBY JRGG HEBJ WSMW TC I-TMRG MZZKIUU RU QYNNGIVBKEIK MW LYGRIJMWIKU ZBW VBT.
- Another cryptolist, this one untitled:
- VTRY DJGC AGJUZECMUGA
- TD XGB VTRYO ZYJY, XGB'O FY ZGCY AGQ
- MVEX
- CGBHHY
- PGUUE PYU GRYJ PJYUE
- FGF GA UZY WYTVTAP
- Take the phrase GREGORIAN JUNGLE HOOP. Rearrange its letters to form a famous group;
- Look at the following:
EVIL LIME
EVER ONCE
CIDER LIE
You have three clues as to the answer. One clue is an anagram. An other is the same structure of consonants and vowels. The third is the same number of letters in each word. The trick is figuring out which is which. For example, if the answer were JOHN EDWARDS, your clues might be DEAD SHOWN, JR. (anagram), FINDING ARTS (same patterns of consonants and vowels) and DARK CHARIOT (same number of letters in each word). Punctuation does not matter and the letter "Y" always counts as a vowel.
- Same sort of puzzle as previous:
HOC JAM FELIX
MOMENTS I CRY
MAD HOE STRAP
I will reiterate: please don't post spoilers in subject comments. Instead, post subjects such as "SPOILER: #2 solved" and include the answer inside the text. That way, other readers can still work on the puzzles even if you're clearly much smarter and faster than they are.
ALL six puzzles have now been solved, but not all have been included in the comments. I will now add a set of SOLUTIONS comments so they're all together.