Swells from Tropical Depression Cristina slam damaged houses along the coast in Acajutla, El Salvador, June 10. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Swells from Tropical Depression Cristina slam damaged houses along the coast in Acajutla, El Salvador, June 10. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

The #coastline #paradox demonstrates that coastline length is not a fixed value but scale-dependent, a phenomenon rooted in fractal geometry. A new BBC article takes an interesting deep dive and, among other things, explores who first documented this paradox, and why – and why it matters.
Walking the Edge of the Day - Go Large : https://msp.im/RsYiqU
I was out this morning with my ZF, enjoying our beautiful coastline.