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Spirals, as you may know, are everywhere. They are the heliocentric pattern of life, that following the path of the living from cellular growth to universal decay.
This is an image of hurricane Ivan captured by Astronaut Edward M. Fincke, looking out the window of the International Space Station:
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The thing to note about this is that it is <em>everywhere.</em> The cloud pattern envelops a good portion of the earth. And others like it occupy the remaining ground, at some time.
Picture in your mind that the largest body around you, other than the ocean, is a great spiral storm system. It is a humbling image, that.