Sense of Scale
500x
Wow, rather frondy, if that's a word. Where did all the fractal
fleas go? Well, a Mandelbrot set includes more than just the classic
icon we started with. In fact, any portion of the images you see in
this feature that is black belongs to the Mandelbrot set that was
generated by the iterative equation we used. (For more on iterative
equations and how they generate fractals, see
The Most Famous Fractal.) But wait... What is that hidden amidst this filamentous frond?
You got it—another Mandelbrot-set icon.