Stars and Stripes in Science (special art)

[science_spot]

Do you ever notice patterns and designs in nature?  Do you ever see some cool pictures and see something other than what the photographer intended?  This week I looked for Stars and Stripes in the natural world around us, in order to bring you this celebration of Independence Day from a different perspective!  I hope you enjoy! 

I made a few abstract flags from objects found in the world around us.  Do you like any of them?

 

This first flag is blue star-shaped flowers (picture from peoriagardens) with pink striped clouds (picture from primadonna on flickr).

 

This second flag is star fruits (picture from about.com) and flower rows (picture from digitalphotoacademy).

 

This third flag is pink star shaped flowers (picture from northcreeknurseries) and rows of corn plantings (picture from National Geographic).

 

The fourth flag is a Hubble star image and a time elapse photo of star trails (both pictures from NASA).

 

This fifth flag is a Hubble star image and Jupiter's stripes (both pictures from NASA).

 

This sixth flag is starfish (picture from singingsands) and ripples of sand (picture from redbubble).

 

There are many other stripe patterns found in nature, but the stars were harder to find!  Some examples I found but didn't use in my art above include zebras, tigers, sedimentary rock, varegated plants, zuchini, watermelon, saturn's stripes, vegetable fields, striped fish, and various types of flowers.  Nature really is full of wonderous beauty!!

Enjoy your stars and stripes!

 

Tonya

AKA sunmoonstars

The Science Spot

 

 

 

Tags: science, art, education, nature, pictures, flag, abstract, independence, july

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[MythicMMM]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 5:52 PM

Love it!!

[t1gger143]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 11:02 PM this is so cool

[LovemyQ]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 11:03 PM

What a cool journal post!  I would have thought the stripes harder to find, well, I once again, learned something from your journal, lol.

[evwsquared]

Jul. 4, 2009 at 1:54 AM

Neat-o!

[Waxing_Lyrical]

Jul. 4, 2009 at 6:08 AM

Gorgeous

[science_spot]

Jul. 4, 2009 at 7:15 AM

thank you :)  The starfish one is starting to grow on me.  I like the first one best, though.

(Original Poster)

[turtldov]

Jul. 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM

Very imaginative!

[HistoryMamaX3]

Jul. 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM

Awesome... and if you don't mind- I shall store this away for future classroom use! I think it would make a art/science/technology project! :0)

[RoseWall]

Jul. 4, 2009 at 5:34 PM

i enjoyed that much

[Liansmommie]

Jul. 4, 2009 at 5:49 PM

Beautiful Tonya!