R33 - sechseckmotiv/hexagon

Occurrence of hexagons and hexagonal structures

Regular hexagons in nature are frequently encountered. The following list shows some examples:

Human liver: The liver cells are hexagonal.

Crystal structures of many crystals form hexagonal shapes. Familiar examples are natural (water) ice and six-pointed snowflakes.

Honeycomb: The hexagonal shape of the walls results in an optimum ratio of wall material to provide high volume and stability.

One of the most fundamental structures of organic molecules, the benzene ring, which forms a regular hexagon of six carbon atoms. In the crystal structure of graphite carbon forms planar surfaces of hexagons.

In the superfluidity of liquid: array of quantized vortices mechanical

The north pole of the planet Saturn is the focus of a stable atmospheric structure in the form of an almost regular hexagon. It has a diameter of almost 25,000 kilometers.

The Wintersechseck is a constellation that forms an irregular hexagon.

Basalt forms when it solidifies slowly, often meter long hexagonal columns.

Bénard convection cells in the experiment can be trained as regular hexagons.