“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
-Albert Einstein
Abstract art in nature often lacks form and is frequently misunderstood from a casual or distant glance. It begs the viewer to slow down, focus, and look for a deeper meaning or explanation for what the eye is taking in. The beauty of abstract art in nature can be both simple and extraordinary at the same time.
Palm frond in the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. Image: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
Mounded snow. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Image: Greg Vaughn/VW Pics/Universal Images Group 
Double-eyed peacock feather, a rare mutation. Pavo species. Arizona. Image: Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group 
Flowing patterns on the trunk of a Palm Tree in Singapore. Image: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
Luminous ship wake in Eidfjord. Image: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
Lapillli and vulcanic ashes of the Bardarbunga eruption 2014 – 2015 in Holuhraun area, Iceland. Image: Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group 
Abstract visualization. Truncated stump of a dead tree by Radley Lakes, Oxfordshire. Image: Planet One Images/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Interior of a pearly, chambered nautilus shell. Nautilus pompilius. Native to seas of Indo-Pacific. Image: Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group 
Abstract patterns in the tidal mudflats under shallow water in the Laguna Madre, South Padre Island, Texas. Image: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Universal Images Group 
Palouse wheat fields from Steptoe Butte, Washington. Image: Greg Vaughn/VW Pics/Universal Images Group 
Abstract aerial view of the Mancos Shale formation of the Upper Blue Hills badlands around Factory Butte near Caineville, Utah. Image: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills. Image: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Universal Images Group
Symmetrical patterns on a bird’s feather; the way vibrant natural colors mix together on vast landscapes; ripples on water and the patterns they make; and the silhouetted shape of tree branches against a natural background are sights all around us, everywhere, every day. Nature challenges us to understand what we are looking at, to solve the mysteries it presents.
Pomegranate. Image: Planet One images/Universal Images Group 
Proterozoic mudcracks, Montana. Image: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group 
Blurred abstract depiction of a forest in Fuenteheridos, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. Image: Felipe Rodriguez/VW Pics/Universal Images Group 
Sun reflections and reeds in stagnant waters of the Thames by Radley Boathouse. Image: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
A fish-eye lens image of auroral curtains and rays converging toward the zenith. The Big Dipper is at centre. Image: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Sun reflections and reeds in stagnant waters of the Thames by Radley Boathouse, UK. Image: Planet One images/Universal Images Group 
Winter branches, tree by Iffley Lock on the Thames by Oxford, abstract. Image: Planet One images/Universal Images Group 
Pinnate leaves of a fan palm on a cacao plantation in the Dominican Republic. Image: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Universal Images Group 
Altocumulus cloudscape and emerging sun over the Thames, Abingdon Bridge. Image: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
Dead weeds by the Thames at Radley Boathouse, back-lit by sun reflections. Image: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
Water drops on leaf Carter Lake, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon coast. Image: Greg Vaughn/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
Complexity in nature, bare tree by Sandford Lock on the Thames. Image: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group
The intricate details shown in nature remind us of the intelligence and complexity in the natural world. The cohesion and unity in which natural species co-exist with and nurture each other provides a lesson for more advanced species, including and especially humans.
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