POTD: Matters of Scale 5 Comments / By lgb / December 4, 2017 Matters of Scale Sequoia National Park, California 2017 I am continually fascinated by the similarity of the internal structure of tree leaves to the structure of the entire tree.
Kathy Eyster December 4, 2017 at 10:05 am Agreed! And that dendritic pattern is repeated on a large scale with the way water drains through canyons and crevices into rivers and their systems as can be seen from a plane, especially over SW desert terrain. Reply
Randy Blackwood December 4, 2017 at 3:02 pm Fractals…https://www.wired.com/2010/09/fractal-patterns-in-nature/ Reply
Kathy Eyster December 5, 2017 at 9:04 am I should add that the dendritic pattern appears in human anatomy also, such as circulatory and nervous systems. Reply
Agreed! And that dendritic pattern is repeated on a large scale with the way water drains through canyons and crevices into rivers and their systems as can be seen from a plane, especially over SW desert terrain.
Same pattern everywhere!
Fractals…https://www.wired.com/2010/09/fractal-patterns-in-nature/
Yes, fractals came to my mind too.
I should add that the dendritic pattern appears in human anatomy also, such as circulatory and nervous systems.