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Morpho Towers de Sachiko Kodama.

When there is no magnetic field, the tower appears to be a simple spiral shape. But when the magnetic field around the tower is strengthened, spikes of ferrofluid are born; at the same time, the tower’s surface dynamically morphs into a variety of textures ranging from soft fluid to minute moss, or to spiky shark’s teeth, or again to a hard iron surface. The ferrofluid, with its smooth, black surface that seems to draw people in, reaches the top of the tower, spreading like a fractal, defying gravity.

Más info aquí. Me lo pasó el fantástico Bodacius/Fifur, que lurkea por los rincones de mi Tumblr y debería hacerse uno.