{"id":1596,"date":"2014-01-27T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:47:01","slug":"spirals-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/27\/spirals-in-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirals in nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spirals are patterns that occur naturally in plants and natural systems, including the weather. They were studied by mathematicians including\u00a0<a title=\"Fibonacci\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fibonacci\" target=\"_blank\">Leonardo Fibonacci<\/a>, who tried\u00a0to understand order in nature. Spirals have also been the inspiration for architectural forms and ancient symbols.<\/p>\n<p>Plants like this Aloe follow Fibonacci&#8217;s description of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phyllotaxis\" target=\"_blank\">Phyllotaxis<\/a>,\u00a0a formula for the spiral growth patterns of leaves (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"K27-273931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-123034.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"314\" \/><!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A snail shell (Still Pictures\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Snail, snail shell, studio, switzerland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1030-55253.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A chameleon&#8217;s tail (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chameleon tail (Chamaleo dilepsis)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-2030.jpg\" width=\"316\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cucumber plant tendril (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1599\" alt=\"Cucumber tendril.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-30992.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-30992.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-30992-365x245.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Polished ammonite slice (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1601\" alt=\"N17-427494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-164274.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-164274.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-164274-327x245.jpg 327w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-164274-453x340.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A colony of salps that has formed itself into a spiral and is floating at the surface of the ocean, off the Channel Islands of California\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1602\" alt=\"A colony of salps (phylum - Urochordata) that has formed itself into a spiral and is floating at the surface of the ocean, Found in the kelp forests off the Channel Islands of California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-181521.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-181521.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-181521-378x245.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two cyclones formed in tandem in November 2006\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1603\" alt=\"Two cyclones formed in tandem in November 2006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-183651.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-183651.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-183651-332x245.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-183651-461x340.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leafy cup coral, Jackfish Alley, Ras Mohamed National Park, Sharm El Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt (Anna C J Segeren\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1607\" alt=\"Leafy cup coral (Turbinaria reniformis). Jackfish Alley, Ras Mohamed National Park, Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/904-65.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/904-65.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/904-65-327x245.jpg 327w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/904-65-453x340.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Millipede in a defensive coil, Alicante, Spain (Niall Benvie\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1608\" alt=\"Millipede (Julus terrestris) in defensive coil, Alicante, Spain\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/987-489.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/987-489.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/987-489-290x245.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/987-489-402x340.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spirals have been used by humans as inspiration for architecture: staircase in the Vatican museum\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1604\" alt=\"Spiral staircase in the Vatican museums Italyian: Musei Vatican\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-422325.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-422325.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-422325-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The spiral was an ancient symbol throughout the world, thought to signify growth, evolution and the universe. Newgrange archeological site (c, 3200 bC)\u00a0, Ireland\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"L22-292992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-141641.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a larger photo-gallery of both manmade and natural patterns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23462&amp;gallery=Pattern\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirals are patterns that occur naturally in plants and natural systems, including the weather. 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