Mandelbrot Set

It’s A Fractal World (a story in pictures)

Start small; go big

snowflake

a neuron

broccoli

flower

fern

veins of a leaf

circulatory system of hand

bronchial system of lungs

tree

river drainage basin

map of Amazon river system

ocean waves and turbulence

cloud shapes

lightning

mountains

coastline

distributions of stars

globular cluster of stars

galaxies composed of stars

the Cosmic Web of galaxies and galaxy clusters

If you enjoyed this pictorial essay about fractal self-similarity in nature, and you would like learn about what appears to be nature’s most vast and awe-inspiring fractal, see the link below:

NATURE’S STARTLING CLUE — CONFORMAL SYMMETRY