A student in Colorado, looking for some sort of synthesis--the big picture, encompassing all the strangeness in the universe--but willing to settle for the philosophic or poetic lens.
To compare this evening's fractal with nature, take a walk. Look beyond the scaling patterns in the autumn leaves, the branching trees, the billowing clouds, and up into the darkness of space. If the time is right, you'll see a familiar shape, similar to the following image. This, of course, isn't a photograph, but a computer-generated set of patterns based on numbers. This Julia Set has been trapped within a spherical shape and slightly randomized, then highlighted with nature's palette:
In case you can't find the Harvest Moon in the sky tonight, try this picture, taken by Bev Brink in 2003:
For more information about the Harvest Moon, visit NASA's article, Strange Moonlight.
All fractals made by the author using ChaosPro
Comments
Wow, awesome! I thought that *was* a moon photo at first....
Posted by: donna | October 6, 2006 9:25 PM
Beautiful, Karmen. Many thanks.
Posted by: Kenneth W. Davis | October 8, 2006 9:37 AM
Wow! That is a beauty.
I also thought it was a real photograph at first.
Seeing this, I feel like running up a hill singing "Careless Love" ;)
Posted by: Kim Boone | October 13, 2006 8:20 AM