December 22, 2024 4:42 pm
The Beautiful fibonacci Curve
And Where You Can Find It In Nature
Daisy
There are numerous occasions in nature where Fibonacci numbers are found, either by the number sequence or the curve that is a representation of the pattern.
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 45, 55, 89, 144, 233…
Each number being the sum of the two previous ones.
The sequence can be found in nature when counting the limbs and branches on trees and leaves.
Flowers like the above daisy shows the curve representing the number sequence, it’s natures way of utilizing space efficiently.
The visual mathematics, when tiling the square lengths, show up from small objects in nature, as in the pattern formation of creatures that form shells, to….
Shell
…. a much grander scale -the very large objects like our own milky way galaxy, that has the representational curves stretching out in the spiral arms.
Milky Way Spiral Galaxy
Above Image in Public Domain
The curves and space that the number sequence relates to, have roots to the golden ratio and the golden rectangle.
They have appealing qualities that visual artists utilize in their compositions.
Backwash
This curve displayed when the tide washed around the rock.
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