Fractals in Nature

The natural world is full of fractals.

Once you start to recognise fractals you will see them all around you.

Mineral Dendrites (Manganese oxides on limestone)

http://www.highdesertinsider.com/jpgs/rocks/MVC-017F.jpg

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/~jbrassil/fractals/256vtree2.jpg

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/~jbrassil/fractals/256vtree1.jpg

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/fractals/natural/bark.jpg

http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/IMA/FB/NatFrac/Lung1.gif

http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/FRACTALS/IMAGES/NATURAL/FRCTIMG1.JPG

http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/FRACTALS/IMAGES/NATURAL/FRCTIMG3.JPG

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/class/class.htm

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1236856