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From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 8 Jan 2004 09:14:42
Message: <cjameshuff-700898.09144808012004@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3ffd5873$1@news.povray.org>,
 "Jason F. Kowalski" <jfk### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> > > The shapes are made with intersections of some tori.
> > > (Except from the ground plane and the sky sphere.)
> 
> > A beautiful little object...a nice illustration of the relation between
> > mobius strips and torii as well.
> 
> Mobius strips?

The white bands in that image. A Mobius strip is a ribbon loop with a 
half twist, giving it one side.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MoebiusStrip.html

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