Mandelbrot wrote that the most basic example of fractal geometry in nature is the tree. Each split, he noted, from trunk to limb to branch to leaf, is remarkably similar, yet with subtle differences that provide  increasing detail and complexity.
Branching
Branching
Dragon
Dragon
Gnarly
Gnarly
Winter
Winter
How Many Branches
How Many Branches
Leaning
Leaning
Every Which Way
Every Which Way
Through the Woods
Through the Woods
Good Day Sunshine
Good Day Sunshine
Fog Forest
Fog Forest
Three Birds
Three Birds
Rock Spring
Rock Spring
A Motley Crew
A Motley Crew
Tangled Web
Tangled Web
Into the Woods
Into the Woods
Humboldt Redwoods
Humboldt Redwoods
Forest Floor
Forest Floor
More Than Tree
More Than Tree
On the Road to Nowhere
On the Road to Nowhere
Peace Grove
Peace Grove
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn Woods
Autumn Woods
Pierce Point Ranch
Pierce Point Ranch
Lone Tree
Lone Tree
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
And so the root becomes a trunk
And then a tree and seeds of trees
And springtime sap and summer shade
And autumn leaves and shape of poems and dreams
And more than tree. - Langston Hughes

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