These photos of symmetry and order are appealing to humans and animals alike. Both in society and in the wild, organisms that are “more symmetrical” have a better chance at finding a mate than those who don’t. Some speculate that this is one way of identifying a healthy partner.
The appeal of symmetry in art or inanimate objects is harder to explain. Harvard mathematician George Birkhoff developed the formula M = O/C to evaluate the aesthetic qualities of art, and even wrote a book on the topic titled Aesthetic Measure in 1933. He believed that the more ordered and the less complex something was, the more beautiful it would seem.
Do these images of symmetry satisfy your need for order? Vote on your favorite, or upload your own symmetrical shots below!
#1 Raw Food Cut Into 98 Perfect Cubes
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#2 Perfect Coffee
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#3 Faucet Design Saves Water By Swirling It Into Beautiful Patterns
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#4 Perfect Match
#5 This Shelf, These Books
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#6 We Found Our Guide Book Cover On The Appalachian Trail
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#7 A Perfect Bowl Of Kittens
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#8 I Can’t Stop Looking At It
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#9 Camouflaged Shoes At The Discount Store
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#10 This Bundle Of Pencils At A Library
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#11 Landed A Job Where My Ocd Fits Right In
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#12 Natural Spiral
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#13 Shadow Lines Up Perfectly With The Sidewalk
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#14 The Way This Grass Field Was Cut
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#15 Our Bathroom Scales Line Up Perfectly With Floors Tiles
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#16 The Arrangement Of These Tomatoes
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#17 My Pasta Synchronised Perfectly In The Pan Whilst Cooking
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#18 My Perfect Ice Cream Mug
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#19 This Is How My Local Tire Shop Keeps Their Used Tires
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#20 It’s So Beautiful…
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#21 Pasta Wheel Fits Perfectly Into A Wooden Spoon
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#22 Everything Happens For A Reason
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#23 The Way This Shadow Perfectly Matches The Sideline On A Turf Field
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#24 This Broom Fits Perfectly Into A Gap In My Kitchen
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#25 Making Sandwiches This Is My Favourite Part
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#26 The Perfect Apple
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#27 Wedding Hair Perfection
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#28 Bored At Work, So I Made A Star Out Of Tape
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#29 Perfection
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#30 This Dog!
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#31 Picked Some Near Perfect Strawberries
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#32 These Cables
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#33 This Straight Line Of Snow Between My Garage And Outside
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#34 Perfection
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#35 So Cozy
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#36 Tic Tac Toe, All In A Row
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#37 I Am Compelled To Do This For Every Bite
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#38 These Lovely Egg Yolks
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#39 This Perfectly Symmetrical Highway Interchange
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#40 Solar Farm In France
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#41 His Shoes And Her Shoes
#42 Such A Wonderful Sight In The Supermarket Aisle
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#43 Satisfying Dish Washing
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#44 Mattress In Door Frame
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#45 The Neatness Of The Ivy On This House In Belfast
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#46 Perfect M&m’s Cake
#47 The Smoothness Of This Bun
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#48 I Finished My Pen
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#49 This Grapefruit Fits Perfectly In This Bowl
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#50 Chinese Nursing Students Taking Part In Graduation Exam
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#51 Perfectly Full
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#52 Sock Display In This Japanese Department Store
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#53 This Grocery Store
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#54 The Crayons At My Job
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#55 Today Was A Good Day
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#56 This Whole Foods Display
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#57 Empty Shells After Dinner
#58 Textile Shop On The Old Bazar In Tehran
#59 This Plate Of Shabu Shabu Meat
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#60 Pineapple
#61 Ocd Soup
#62 Seagulls Looking The Same Way
#63 Gummy Bears
#64 Perfect Sunburn
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#65 Perfect Snack
#66 Banana For Scale?
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#67 Wow!
#68 Perfect Reflection
#69 Eggcellent Sorting
#70 Small Food Shop In The Center Of Tehran
#71 These Rubber Ducks
#72 Thought My Pills Would Fit Well Over Here
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#73 The Way My Apple Fit Inside My Cup Holder
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#74 Eggtastic!!
#75 The Marina Towers In Chicago
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#76 Small Shop In The Old City Of Cairo
#77 Perfect Stairs.
#78 Perfect Reflection In The Glacier Pool, Northern Pakistan
#79 This Shelf Of Books
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#80 Perfection
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#81 Rubber Ball Perfectly Fits Into A Cup
#82 These Beach Pebbles I Picked And Arranged Into A Heart
#83 This Perfect Shape
#84 Sliced Bacon
#85 Natures Design
#86 #74 How They Arrange Fish At Supermarket
#87 Shading Of Serenity
#88 Butterfly Spots, Symmetrical Arrangement
#89 Butterfly Spots, Symmetrical Arrangement
#90 Salt And Pepper
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