Nature fractals

Log surface of olive tree with crack.

Three Christmas Balls. See them at bigger resolution (2.3 MB). In fact, they are three lightbulbs.This is the easiest way to produce a fractal. Where the lightbulbs touch you have a fractal pattern since each sphere has a mirror image of the other two spheres, which contain mirror images of ...(ad infinitum).

Pattern produced on a TV screen by videofeedback.

The fractal nature of the cauliflower.

Pattern created by light on the sand of the seashore.

Clouds in the sky.

Patterns on a seashell.

A Cauliflower exhibiting equiangular spiral and fractal geometry.Another fractal cauliflower

Foam

Leaf

Palm of the hand

Paint drop obtained by putting two drops of acrylic paint on a transparent sheet, then another sheet above, squeezing the paint and then pulling the two sheets apart.

Volcanic stone from mount Etna detail

Marble

Snail shell

Digital postage stamp: not really a nature fractal, but still a fascinating random pattern.

Paper sheet surface 1 and 2

Example of fluid mixing:where the Arve river waters mix with darker Rhone river stream, , ,MPEG movie of the same (59MB)

Fractal flower?

Random pattern created by sunlight reflection on the water surface from a video(8.6MB) taken on the lake of Geneva.

Pattern created by cappuccino foam