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of Each Side of The Base Is 756 Feet With A Height
of Each Side of The Base Is 756 Feet With A Height
1. of each side of the base is 756 feet with a height Stripes Spots
of 481 feet. The ratio of the base to the height 1. a spiral shape called logarithmic spiral.
is roughly 1.5717, which is close to the Golden
ratio.
5. Age of the trees can be
2. Notre Dame is a Gothic Cathedral in Paris, determined by applying
which was built in between 1163 and 1250. It dendrochronology which is a
appears to have a golden ratio in a number of
scientific method of dating based
its key proportions of designs.
on the amount of rings found in
the core of a tree.
3. The Taj Mahal in India used the golden ratio in
its construction and was completed in 1648.
6. Turtles
The order and proportion of the arches of the
have growth rings called
Taj Mahal on the main structure keep reducing
“scutes” which are hexagonal.
proportionately following the golden ratio.
Scutes estimates the age of the
turtle.
4. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres in Paris, Smallest scute is in the center
France also exhibits the Golden ratio. and is the oldest one, while the
largest ones on the outside are
5. In the United Nation Building, the window the newer ones.
configuration reveal golden proportion. 7. Lightning during storms creates fractals. Foam
bubbles formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or
6. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, erected in solid.
1889 is an iron lattice. The base is broader while
it narrows down the top, perfectly following the
golden ratio.
BEHAVIOR OF NATURE
Behavior of nature can be observed around us.
Natural regularities of nature:
Symmetry Fractals Spirals
Trees Meanders Waves