The Mandelbrot Set

This is a 3D visit to the Mandelbrot set, floating in deep space, and it needs JavaScript to run. In the scene you drift in a softly lit starfield while the most famous fractal in mathematics hangs in the middle of your view. Its interior is pure black, its infinitely detailed boundary glows neon orange, and faint nebulae keep the space around it from ever going fully dark. Press play and the auto zoom flies you into the boundary's spirals, as deep as a computer's numbers can go, at whatever speed and direction you choose. The shape honors Benoit Mandelbrot, who first plotted it in 1980. If you would like a small world like this built for someone you admire, the developer would be glad to hear from you.

THE MANDELBROT SET

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WELCOME

You are floating in deep space beside the most famous shape in mathematics

Click to drift closer

DIVE Tap a glowing ring and fall into the burning edge. The detail never ends. STEER Pause, flip the direction, change the speed, or reset with the buttons below.