[math-fun] Waterman Polyhedra

The Waterman polyhedra are apparently the convex hulls of the centers of spheres in the fruitstand packing that lie within a fixed radius of a fixed point. For large distances, they closely approximate spheres. The original image is very large, and the lacework of polyhedron edges is clearly visible at full size. I have reduced it to a 1024x768 wallpaper, in which the polyhedral faces are not distinguishable, the overall impression is of a spherical fractal with with a network of great circles emphasized. http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/polyhedra/waterman/index.html - David W. Wilson "Truth is just truth -- You can't have opinions about the truth." - Peter Schickele, from P.D.Q. Bach's oratorio "The Seasonings"