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For a semi-goofy take (CGPGrey) on hexagons: https://youtu.be/thOifuHs6eY https://youtu.be/thOifuHs6eY

• smexxymoose 6y ago
  Came to the comments just for this link
• amitp 6y ago
  Hexagons are bestagons!
• wumms 6y ago
  More hexagons in nature: Image: "Hexagonal formations on the surface of the Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia, 3,656 meters above sea level) [0] as a result of salt crystallization from evaporating water": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni#/media/File:Salar_Uyuni_au01.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni#/media/File:Sal... "During the rainy season (December to March) the salt flat gets covered with a layer of water. As the water evaporates under largely still conditions, the salt forms hexagonal shapes (optimal for heat transfer) on its surface known as Bénard cells, an example of the Rayleigh–Bénard convection [1] phenomena." [2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh%E2%80%93B%C3%A9nard_convection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh%E2%80%93B%C3%A9nard_c... [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20170809_Bolivia_1581_Uyuni_sRGB_(26204506689).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20170809_Bolivia_158...
  • amitp 6y ago
    Also in nature: there is a giant hexagon on Saturn! http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/diagrams/saturn-hexagon/ http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/diagrams/saturn-h...