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Gallery: geometry in nature, squared

January 24, 2025 / 35 Comments

You’re so square, baby, I don’t care.

From Baby I don’t care, written by Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller and sung by Elvis Presley

Our world is full of geometrical shapes, many of them created by ourselves. Doors and windows, roofs, walls and fences, containers, art of all kinds … You will find geometry wherever you look in the manmade environment.

When Becky asked us to share Geometric Squares this month my mind turned immediately to buildings and to art. 

Now, inspired by several other people who have found plenty of geometry in nature, in particular Jude, I decided to look for some more natural geometry within my archives. I’m saying ‘nature’ but in practice all of them are of the plant world, with the exception of the lichen which looks a bit like a plant but isn’t! Some were taken on my travels, others much closer to home (including our own garden).

Nature is full of interesting shapes and patterns, especially when we get close up. And while I’m not certain all of these qualify as great examples of geometry, these images pleased me. See what you think.

My feature photo was taken in the Monteverde cloud forest in Costa Rica, and is a duplicate of one below but turned through ninety degrees to work better in that slot!

Growing near the Salt Cathedral, Zipaquirá, Colombia

By the pool at Cayena Beach Villas, Colombia

Banana leaf, Kerala, India

At Kew Gardens, west London

Young leaves, Selvatura, Costa Rica

In the Monteverde cloud forest, Costa Rica

Fern unfurling, Selvatura, Costa Rica

Lichen on a tree on San Juan Island, Washington State

Tulip macro, Ealing, west London

Poppy in our garden, Ealing, west London

Heliconia rostrata (false bird of paradise or hanging lobster claw) on a coffee farm in Colombia

Bear grass (also known as Indian basket grass), Mount Rainier, Washington State

White avalanche lily, Mount Rainier, Washington State

Bauhinia at Tiger Tops Tharu Lodge in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Silver birch bark, a street tree in Ealing, west London

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