The Mandelbrot set is a fractal which means it has small copies of itself in the set.Let's try zooming in between the head and the body:
And now we try to zoom into one of those seahorse-like things:
And now into its tail:
And to those little things that make up that tail:
Now to that area that looks like a sideways "S":
There's a Minibrot inside it! What images do we get in we zoom in further? Let's see:
Now we zoom in further to the center in that part:
Another minibrot!
If you want to zoom in on the Mandelbrot set yourself, here's a free program called GNU XaoS.
For more info about the Mandelbrot set and fractals:
Wikipedia article about the Mandelbrot set.
Wikipedia article about the Fractals.
