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$A drop of food coloring released onto a petri dish filled with a mixture of water and xanthan gum spreads in a fractal pattern.$

$Close up on a fractal fingering pattern.$

$After the gum mixture has solidified, the fractal pattern is suppressed (right) unless the skin has been pierced (left).$

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