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Thanks for providing these references. The hexagonal cloud formation was the first thing I noticed and was hoping someone would have already provided references

by grzm 10y ago

Thanks for providing these references. The hexagonal cloud formation was the first thing I noticed and was hoping someone would have already provided references in the comments. One of the great aspects of the HN community!

intransigent 10y ago
I think it's a sphere packing thing. [0] Equally sized circles touching on edges "like" to pack into a six-up orientation, not unlike a revolver pistol. My hunch is that it's an artifact of pi, somehow. Six being easily factored to three, which has close proximity to pi. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_packing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_packing