fractal reality

<n>White Eclipse 1</n> by artist <n>Andrea Myers</n>.

A cross-section of a buttercup stem from the series <n>The Plant Is Present</n> by <n>Karen Kloth</n>.

A close-up of a <n>Romanesco broccoli</n>, a natural fractal. Photo by <n>Jon Sullivan</n>.

Cosmic Figure – Product

<n>Cosmic Figure</n> (1657), an engraving by <n>Annibal Barlet</n>.

<n>shards</n>, a generative animation by artist <n>Dave Whyte</n>.

The florets of a <n>sunflower</n> head arranged in a spiral pattern based on the <n>Fibonacci sequence</n>.

<n>A Celestial Eye, viewing the Objects of the Creation</n>, an engraving by <n>Thomas Wright</n> from 1750.

A close-up of a <n>Monstera deliciosa fruit</n>.

The aquatic plant <n>Ludwigia sedioides</n>, also known as the mosaic flower.

<n>The resemblance between trees and humans</n>, an illustration from a 1905 publication.

<n>'Calx carbonata' [Ammonite with crystals]</n>, an 1803 illustration by <n>James Sowerby</n>.

From <n>Nehemiah Grew</n>'s 1680 book, <n>The Anatomy of Plants</n>.

A close-up of a <n>purple cauliflower</n>. Photo by <n>Getty Images</n>.

Engraving by <n>Christian Leinberger</n> from <n>Georg Wolfgang Knorr</n>'s '<n>Deliciae Naturae Selectae</n>', 1771.

<n>Chladni figures</n> from <n>Ernst Chladni</n>'s 1787 book on acoustics. Engraved by <n>Capieux</n>.

<n>pyrophilous cup</n>. Photo by <n>Cornell Fungi</n>.