Sea Shell

Today’s math art is Sea Shell by Paul Bourke. What interests me about this image is that it was made in 1989, when computer graphics were not as advanced as today.

Paul has had an explanation of the formulae that was used to generate this simple sea shell image - please do check it out. This shell is a large spiral, and according to his formula, has parameters for the height of the shell, the radius of the spiral.

I chose this picture because of the view of it. It was shot from an angle, and it sort of flattens the 3D image into a plain 2D image, which makes things more interesting. I suppose the black and white view also provided the contrast necessary.