FOTD -- June 16, 2008 (Rating 5)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Yesterday's fractal showed a little-known scene in the Oblate
view of Seahorse Valley. Today's fractal does the same with the
next valley out the negative X-axis of the Mandelbrot set, the
valley at -1.25, also known as Scepter Valley.
I named the image "Royal Scepters" because it is filled with the
scepter-like elements that give the valley its name. When the
time came to rate the image, I could grant it a rating no higher
than a humdrum 5. Just as was the case with yesterday's image,
I suspect I have already posted at least one FOTD image nearly
identical to today's.
In addition to the less-than-outstanding rating of today's
image, its calculation time is a snail's pace near-19 minutes.
No wonder I recommend viewing the finished image on the FOTD web
site at:
<
http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
And BTW, the 'Oblate' sets are the set of planes determined by
the real(Z) and imag(C) axes of the Julibrot. They are kind of
hybrids, half Mandelbrot, half Julia, though in today's image at
least, the Julia characteristics appear to dominate.
Near perfect weather prevailed here at Fractal Central on
Sunday, with blue skies, puffy white clouds, and a temperature
of 86F 30C. The fractal cats must have taken the good weather
for granted, as they slept through most of the afternoon. I
tried to enjoy things as much as possible, though yard work
always seems to prevent a day from being as pleasant as it
otherwise could be.
The next fractal will be posted in 24 hours, more or less.
Until then, take care, and they say that God knows everything.
Why then, does He bother to create souls that He already knows
are destined to be lost? Another question: what could a person
do to save himself if he discovers that God knows he is destined
to be lost? (Or is this just another version of the grandfather
paradox?)
Jim Muth
jamth@???
jimmuth@???
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