Mandalas

Tibetan Buddhist Mandalas, c. 1500; Aztec Sun Stone (a.k.a. Aztec Calendar Stone) c. 1500; Navajo sand painting, 20c.; digital mandalas; mandalas from the natural world and the mechanical world; from the atomic to the cosmic.

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cross-section of a twig


tungsten crystal at high magnification


sound vibrational patterns in water
















Large Hadron Collider (particle accelerator)


"soft" synthesizer module





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