Pictures of Math

4gifs:

The arctic summer, when the sun does not set

laughingsquid:

An Animated Inside Look at How a Key Opens a Standard Lock

laughingsquid:

Distorted Anamorphic Sculptures by Jonty Hurwitz

Happy Holidays!

freshphotons:

“Soap bubble shows crystal pattern after freezing”

blindblannche:

“Ben Laposky 1950

Oscillation Number Four - Electronic Abstraction

Photograph

“Oscillations” were the first graphics made on an analog computer. For many years, they represented the most advanced acheivements of what was known as computer art. His oscillations are photographs of electronic wave forms displayed on a cathode-ray tube.

Hardware: oscilloscope with sine wave generators”

“These underwater “crop circles” were until recently a complete mystery. Japanese underwater photographer Yoji Ookata discovered the intricate 6 foot wide circles on the seafloor off Amami Oshima island in Japan. He returned to the island with an NHK film crew in order to study the circles. Together they discovered the artist behind the circles—a small species of pufferfish. Males of the species create the circles with their fins in order to attract females. They mate in the center and the circle helps keep the eggs from drifting away.”

intothecontinuum:

Mathematica code:

R[n_] := (SeedRandom[n]; RandomReal[])
G[A_, s_, c_, T_, x_] := A*T*Exp[-(x - c)^2/s]

ListAnimate[
 Show[
   Table[
    Plot[
     100 - n + 
     Sum[G[20, 5, 100*R[2n], 
                 Sum[G[1, .15, k - R[4 n], 1, m/100 + t], 
                 {k, -3, 3, 1}], 
                x],
     {n, 1, 30, 1}], 
   {x, -10, 110}],
    PlotStyle -> Directive[Black], PlotRange -> {{0, 90}, {0, 100.5}},
    Filling -> Axis, FillingStyle -> White, Axes -> False, AspectRatio -> Full, 
    ImageSize -> {450, 600}],
  {n, 0, 100, 1}]],
{t, 0, 14/15, 1/15}, AnimationRunning->False]