detail of scales, in situ. Purbeck, Dorset.

"Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter."

~ Sharon Salzberg

Yesterday, we cut down an old Hawthorne tree that appeared to be diseased. This is the stump of the tree that remains on the ground and I must say I was quite amazed at the pattern we discovered within the tree trunk!

I can see an angel although my wife can see a bird - regardless what a natural pattern!

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A sea urchin shell caught in a rock cleft. Herring gulls drop the sea urchins on the rocks to break the shells so they can eat their prey.

Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, needles against a background of sun sparkling off a windy lake in Michigan, USA

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Death Valley National Park, California

For ODC Patterns in Nature

Or, it could be mistletoe 😊🎄

Spider Web + Rain Drops = Awesomeness

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The Mill Pond

Rockport, Massachusetts

Cape Ann - USA

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Ice crystals that formed on the grass overnight:)

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Aerial View

Meltwater shape on glacier

South Georgia, Antarctica

Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens

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the Function of Form...Part Four Patterns in Nature

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Some links for the Golden Proportions and related things.

These ratios and proportions are everywhere in nature:

Fibonacci Numbers In Flowers and Nature

Fibonacci Numbers Wolfram Math World

Golden Spiral Relative to Fibonacci numbers

Golden Proportion Introduction

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Red Pine, Pinus resinosa, plantation in central Michigan, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

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Vernal pond in the Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

White-Tailed Deer skull

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Ripples on Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

ferns interacting.

Kings Canyon is a unique and spectacular collection of landforms located midway between Alice Springs and Uluru (Ayers Rock) in central Australia. This image was captured fairly late in the afternoon toward the end of the Kings Canyon Rim walk.

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Polyporus squamosus (Polyporaceae - Polyporacées)

Common name: pheasant-back mushroom.

It is a fairly good edible mushroom that must be eaten young, later it becomes hard and can then cause digestive disorders.

C'est un assez bon champignon comestible qui doit être consommé jeune, plus tard il devient dur et peut alors causer des troubles digestifs.

Every morning there are different patterns in the ice on my windshield.

Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus, foraging in the subalpine of the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA

I thought these were just water droplets until I turned on my windshield wipers and realized they were frozen. One taken from inside the car, one from outside.

Low tide on Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA