Math Animations on Instagram: "While Cartesian coordinates use x and y to define a point on a grid, polar coordinates use a distance from the origin (r) and an angle (θ) to describe the same point. This difference leads to strikingly different graphs. In Cartesian coordinates, circles look like, well, circles. But in polar coordinates, they’re represented by simple equations like r=1. Spirals, rose curves, and other intricate patterns come to life more naturally in polar coordinates, where angle