[thetrustworthy]

I found this very interesting too, and it actually has a great explanation! Maybe I should have even explored this side a bit deeper in the post itself.

Let's say the spiral has rotated 6000 degrees, and I'm approximating it with 100 points (one point every 60 degrees) and line segments. Well, a hexagon is nothing other than 6 points chosen 60 degrees apart from each other at the same distance from a central point, connected with straight lines. The same thing holds for a square at, e.g. 9000 degrees.

Check out these images to see what I mean: https://imgur.com/a/mvIVuch

[username369]

These shapes in the spiral are explored and explained a bit in the classic Tesla spiral hoax too. https://www.conquermaths.com/news/post/index/395/The-Mystery...

[Synaesthesia]

Another fascinating video on the prime "arms" in the Ulam spiral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK32jo7i5LQ