Title: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: twinbee on April 22, 2008, 06:03:45 PM Well after all these months, I think we've finally found the 3D Mandelbrot
:what: Yes it's true, and here's the proof :w00t: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1390/751085804_7bad272ec0.jpg?v=0 Okay, it only looks a bit like a Mandelbrot, but hey. This is perhaps the best real-life 'fractal' type shape I've ever seen. Yes, even better than the Romanesco brocolli. Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: cKleinhuis on April 22, 2008, 06:51:06 PM :elvis:
cool, this one is really close to the 3d mndelbrot Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: _db_ on April 23, 2008, 04:37:59 AM Cool, but a bit bizarre :o
What is it? Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: titia on April 23, 2008, 12:13:13 PM Amazing...
Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: twinbee on April 23, 2008, 02:33:02 PM It's a sea urchin, but a very rare kind. Here's where it came from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/751085804
Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: cKleinhuis on April 23, 2008, 03:26:31 PM the patterns are indeed beautiful, but it is a stacked sea urchin, not a single one :D
Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: GFWorld on April 23, 2008, 07:15:01 PM First I thought about a pumpkin, forgot it at last when I had a look here http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/751085804 :)
Margit Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: twinbee on April 26, 2008, 11:32:02 PM Quote the patterns are indeed beautiful, but it is a stacked sea urchin, not a single one :D Groan I think you might be right somehow. And it's not even that rare. I recalled buying something similar at a beach souvenir shop once, so I had a look for it. There it was! Right on the cupboard shelf! It was weird to see what I thought was something rare in my own home without me realising it. I compared it to the one in the pic. It turned out almost identical. The level of detail was barely worse in mine, and the colour was slightly more washed out, but not by much. (http://www.skytopia.com/stuff/urchin.jpg) Sorry about the photo quality - crappy camera - can't take close ups. Title: Re: 3D mandelbrot found at last?! Post by: Cyclops on January 15, 2009, 05:11:13 PM Thats so cool! I'll have to show off my fractal shell |