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Leaves Dance in the Wind

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Leaves flutter and dance on a tree, deforming to absorb the wind and create less drag.

Flow visualization of the wake of a flapping leaf. Text reads, "The wind deforms the leaf."

On the left, an outline of a oak-like leaf in green, labeled "Different Leaves". On the right, a 3D graph of a phase space consisting of different flutter modes with three different loops representing three different leaf shapes. Text on right reads, "Different Loops"

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