
Logarithmic Spiral
The arms of spiral galaxies are roughly logarithmic, as are the bands of tropical cyclones and many biological structures such as shells. These are spirals which make a constant angle with the line connecting any point to the centre. Rays of light emanating from the centre reflect off the spiral and burn the image of a second identical spiral, slightly rotated.
References:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LogarithmicSpiral.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic_spiral#Logarithmic_spirals_in_nature
Story and image via Matthew Henderson
More of his work: http://blog.matthen.com/
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