Saturday, March 31, 2012

Natural Fractals from Cohabitaire

We love our fractals. Last season we made a scarf with a fractal print (mandelbrot-inspired to be exact).  Fractals are commonly found in nature.  Check below for some beautiful nature-made fractals.  All photos courtesy of Cohabitaire.

fractal is an object or quantity that displays self-similarity, in a somewhat technical sense, on all scales (meaning no matter how much you zoom in or out the proportions will be the same.)  The object need not exhbit exactly the same structure at all scales, but the same 'type' of structuure must appear on all scales.