A bowl of fruit is represented by two red circles, initially displayed as apples. The visualization demonstrates D3's data join pattern: circles are appended to an SVG based on an array of fruit objects, then one fruit is removed from the data after a one-second timeout, causing the corresponding circle to exit. The code uses d3.select, selection.data, selection.enter, and selection.exit to manage the dynamic update, with the fruit data defined via an ES6 module that creates apple objects.