9.4 Snowflakes, Lindenmayer, and Grammars
It is said that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. Snowflakes are another item in nature that can be imitated by using fractal techniques. The photo in Figure 9.7 shows a snowflake. The snowflake in Figure 9.8 was produced using the Koch snowflake curve, a fractal algorithm developed by Helge von Koch in 1906. One difference between real snowflakes and the Koch snowflake curve is our code can create multiple Koch snowflakes that are exactly alike.
Figure 9.7 Photo of a snowflake.
Wilson Bentley. Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce.
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