I am an environmental scientist. A large part of my career has been dedicated to scientific research into the structure of ecosystems and factors that affect them. Quite early on, it became apparent that certain mathematical iterative principles formed geometries that coincided exactly with those found in natural ecosystems. And by ecosystems, I do not mean just plants and animals. The same principles also apply to quantum physics, geology, meteorology and on up to the formation of galaxies. These relationships were championed most publicly by the brilliant mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, the founder of fractal geometry.
To my mind, the structure of natural ecosystems through application of these iterative processes revealed not only the genius and subtlety of nature but also its incomparable beauty. Â
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Comments (11)
peedy
I never think galaxy big, Stan. It scares me. Beautiful fractal and colors! Corrie
Bossie_Boots
Wow i love this have missed your work superb !!
farmerC
Fantastic work and colors.
eekdog
graspping cool design Stan, love when you post your cool fractals.
mgtcs
One can but remember the Bard here: "O God! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself king of infinite space..." Hamlet Well done!
kepp
superb image lovely soft colours excellant work
KaToFel
Seen by me too...
ia-du-lin
beautiful design and soft colors, nice water effect
npauling
Wonderful depth in this beautiful fractal and it is lovely to have a world within a world, that is one of the great things about a fractal it goes on forever, well nearly. Beautiful colours and shapes in this one.
greyone
Magnificent image Stan. And your text helps open whole new worlds of thought. The imagination can take us to areas we previously found impossible to contemplate. The idea that our entire gallaxy might be just one tiny particle of a atom like structure in much bigger plane. Sorry I'm so slow getting to comment Stan but we have had company here for the past week, so the time on line was very minimal.
Glendaw
Wonderful concept and idea. If only in a dream this scientific thought will give some "brains" a awesome work-out. Worlds within worlds is a extreme idea of infinity. Outstanding fractal,the soft colors are very attractive and eye catching.