Fibonacci Numbers on the Beach....

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written 4/17/06 10:21 PM, published 4/17/06 10:21 PM

I learned in geometry class that Popup Link

shells and sunflowers follow the Fibonacci sequence... and therefore follow the golden ratio.... could someone explain it to me?

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Tomitake
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4/17/06 11:16 PM

This explains the Fibonacci number...put on your thinking cap first!

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MRQUACKERS
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4/17/06 11:17 PM

Nice picture. Had to look up Fibonacci numbers: ( http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html ) basicly start at 0, and 1 for the next number then add the last two numbers for the next, etc

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zuzu
4/18/06 1:57 AM

a great image and yes it's true about numbers and nature....the movie pi (as in the symbol for pi) is great for getting it down with numbers and nature and i just happen to love the movie

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bugaboo
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4/18/06 2:30 AM

I don't know anything about Fibonacci but I do know that is a beautiful picture!!

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Anonymous Hero
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4/18/06 3:11 AM

That shot is amazing...never seen a shell in the making....

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Penny
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4/18/06 4:29 AM

I don't know about the other stuff. But I do know that is a very nice shot! :0)

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loweho
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4/18/06 6:33 AM

Great shot!

- Fickle Finger of F8

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JustPeachy
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4/18/06 8:18 AM

Beautiful pic. Don't think this is really the forum for explaining the sequence but if I remember correctly it goes something like this 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89 ..... Each # in the sequence is obtained by adding the two prior numbers together. It has been noted that many things in nature will have a number of petals, spirals, chambers, seeds, etc. that come from this sequence. 3 petals, 5 petals, 8 chambers, etc. Just another example, IMHO, of God's amazing creation and our struggle to explain it. Just enjoy it!

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RobinG
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4/18/06 9:43 AM

Beautiful photo, looks so delicate. :o)

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jessa
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4/18/06 10:16 AM

Bah, another something you'll never remember outside of school [unless you involve it in your career path].. but great shot!

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loweho
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4/18/06 11:12 AM

When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all And though my lack of education Hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall...

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JustPeachy
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4/18/06 2:04 PM

I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

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Lidljo
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4/18/06 2:04 PM

Beautiful!

- Flowers are happiness...

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mima
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4/18/06 5:04 PM

Nice shot, very beautifully detailed!

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Birdie
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4/18/06 5:30 PM

This is a special image!

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Pablo57
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4/18/06 6:52 PM

Excellent photo, the Tomitake equation links were awesome Nature is truely amazing

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austinspace
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4/20/06 10:13 PM

this is a great image, Simon--perhaps my favorite of all you've uploaded!

- here and there

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