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This animation shows a random evolution of a 3D Iterated Function System Fractal. There are just two maps in the system which are (shifted, scaled) rotations, but the rotations change with time. As the rotations change, the spirals shift and reform. Implemented in the open source R language with a short home-grown script. For others and information see:
   http://www.stanford.edu/~mcoram/ifs_showcase.html

For a 2d version you can manipulate in modern browsers, try:
   http://www.stanford.edu/~mcoram/ifs.html

Music by mmodule excerpted from Refraction:
   http://www.last.fm/music/mmodule/+videos/+1-cSMJUBuipSA

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Added: Personally, I think the tetrahedra are too "shiny". Can anyone point me to an example of a format I can use to dump my data on tetrahedrons into a real ray tracer?