<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/573ecfdd-808b-43dd-bc91-0596c45f2bc7/229102C7-3B09-4445-A48D-92044ACD7FA0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713" href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713" style="font-size: 11px;">www.environmentalgraffiti.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/5E81B08D-98B5-4649-8ECE-0F85822A33D9" alt="Leaf detail" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><P>What would the world be without a bit of imagination? Maybe more straightforward but certainly less magical. That’s why we’re going to take a near microscopic <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">tour</SPAN></FONT></A> of leaves, that’s right, ordinary green, yellow, red, orange and even purple leaves. We were wondering what they must look like to those crawling on them and, after putting ourselves in the insects’ shoes, made a stunning discovery: they live like us! They have networks of highways, streets, rivers and some very orderly settlements. The leaves seem to document these and work as their maps! Very interesting indeed… </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><P><STRONG>Here’s an example of urban density:</STRONG> <IMG title="Leaves That Look Like Abstract Maps featured" alt="Autumn leaf" src="http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/44686/2782301430104237032S600x600Q85.jpg" /> Image: <A href="http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1532249">Fred Jacobs</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><P><STRONG>And another one - that’s Toronto:</STRONG> <IMG title="Leaves That Look Like Abstract Maps featured" alt="Toronto city map" src="http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/2058/2771403950104237032S600x600Q85.jpg" /> Image via <A href="http://ccablog.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.htm">ccablog</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><STRONG>Orderly settlements:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/6C127252-434A-47A9-8436-6B5BDE938E07" alt="Green leaf" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><P><STRONG>Follow the main road, take the second left and the third right. We’re the fifth settlement on the left:</STRONG> <IMG title="Leaves That Look Like Abstract Maps featured" alt="Simple brown leaf" src="http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/43311/2802793520104237032S600x600Q85.jpg" /> Image: <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/3285325347">Rawhead Rex</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><P><STRONG>Always stay on the main road!</STRONG> <IMG title="Leaves That Look Like Abstract Maps featured" alt="Leaf of a Mexican plant" src="http://inlinethumb47.webshots.com/44654/2930968010104237032S600x600Q85.jpg" /> Image: <A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ax-ro/329428927">Alex</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/94244354-FDE3-44D5-989E-60FFA053396B" alt="Orange-brown leaf" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><STRONG>Agricultural fields or skunk cabbage leaf?</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/25FA2C95-1AE8-47B2-B390-4643ED3597DA" alt="Skunk cabbage leaf" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><STRONG>Green indicates the suburbs, red urbanisation:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/2B093D60-EFDE-4A3D-97CD-35FF096CEAB2" alt="Like a cauliflower leaf" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/81DA9972-3E22-42B3-8030-56FFAE8099B8" alt="City map of Havana" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/E1BD5AF5-6D7B-48B7-A34A-3742B7404211" alt="Euphorbia pulcherrima" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/ACD89F34-F6A8-40E5-8434-A3F2755E5DC9" alt="Like a rope network" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/A0825BF1-0122-4B5D-A129-259BF8D28E36" alt="Black and white image of leaf structure" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/76F50711-32B2-4324-BAC1-D0D04F4369A7" alt="Yellow leaf with strong red veins" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/DAF9AD62-AB91-4FB2-B16C-A6C3801D4261" alt="Purple leaf" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/BDB6ED92-D6E0-4FFD-9B77-C498A7097835" alt="Leaf detail" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/leaves-look-like-abstract-maps/14713"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.environmentalgraffiti.com/img/17DA99E8-9175-4F8D-B217-700D8667132C" alt="Autumn leaf in red and yellow" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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