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An illustration of hexagonal circle packing and Hexagon number H5

Gauss proved that the densest packing of circles in the plane is the hexagonal lattice of the bee's honeycomb (or a bunch of bundled pipes)

by rows there are 2*(5+6+7+8) + 9 = 61 pipes per bundle By layer 5, there are 24 + 18 +12 + 6 +1 = 61 Zoom out to Hexagon 4 Zoom out to Hexagon 3

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In explore Sep 7, 2007 #385
Date Taken on 25 August 2007, 07:03
Source Hexagons 2
Author brewbooks from near Seattle, USA
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washington, kent, hexagon, pattern, abigfave, circle packing, hexagonal lattice, honeycomb, brew_explore, i090407
Camera location47° 25′ 36.96″ N, 122° 15′ 36.69″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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