An occasional series

Wonders

Things that are fascinating and wonderful, collected and explained -- one at a time, as they earn a page.

1. No. 01 · the pufferfish The fish who draws in sand A week of work, a two-meter circle, and a tide that takes it back. ↗
2. No. 02 · the dahlia The flower built from a single angle Hundreds of florets, each turned 137.5° from the last. One angle grows the whole bloom. ↗
3. No. 03 · the flying fish The fish that turns the sea into a runway It doesn’t flap -- it glides, on wing-shaped fins, stealing lift from the water below. ↗
4. No. 04 · the murmuration The flock with no leader A hundred thousand starlings move as one, with no leader -- each watching only its nearest seven. ↗
5. No. 05 · the snowflake Six arms, one story Grown molecule by molecule over a long fall, gone seconds after it lands -- and no two ever alike. ↗