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Shells: Golden Ratio in Arts
Shells: Golden Ratio in Arts
cauliflower. Fibonacci numbers are seen in the rings found in the core of a tree.
branching of trees or the number of leaves on a floral
stem; numbers like 4 are not. 3’s and 5’s, however, are 6. Turtles have growth rings called “scutes” which are
abundant in nature. hexagonal.
6. Shells Scutes estimates the age of the turtle.
Snail shells and nautilus shells follow the logarithmic Smallest scute is in the center and is the oldest one,
spiral, as does the cochlea of the inner ear. It can also while the largest ones on the outside are the newer
be seen in the horns of certain goats, and the shape of ones.
certain spider’s webs. 7. Lightning during storms creates fractals. Foam
7. Spiral Galaxies bubbles formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or
Spiral galaxies are the most common galaxy shape. The solid.
Milky Way has several spiral arms, each of them a
logarithmic spiral of about 12 degrees.
8. Hurricanes
It’s amazing how closely the powerful swirls of
hurricane match the Fibonacci sequence.