Title: Are Radiolaria an Example of a Mandelbulb? Post by: Paul Miller on December 14, 2009, 05:35:10 AM Radiolaria http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/radiolaria.html Radiolaria are holoplanktonic protozoa and form part of the zooplankton... http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/images/radi/radi035.gif (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/images/radi/radi035.gif) Alievium superbum (Squinabol) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/images/radi/radi036.gif (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/images/radi/radi036.gif) Detail Title: Re: Are Radiolaria an Example of a Mandelbulb? Post by: jehovajah on December 16, 2009, 07:43:51 PM very cool! I notice the rotational symmetry of order 3, so spherical coordinate manipulation by the developing cell may be signified.
Title: Re: Are Radiolaria an Example of a Mandelbulb? Post by: kram1032 on December 16, 2009, 08:30:17 PM it's kind of what's expected, actually... in scales of cells and beyond, gravity plays hardly any role so there is no propper definition for up or down. - euclidean and cylindrical don't really make sense there.... |