FOTD -- April 28, 2013 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's scene shows a quintic minibrot, which unlike most minibrots in the Z^5+C Mandeloid is actually interesting. This is because it is combined with the Z^2+C Mandelbrot set in such a way that the excessively large and numerous minibrots found in the Z^5+C Mandeloid are separated much more widely and the in-between space filled in. The parent fractal is an oversized Mandelbrot set already starting to look a little weird in places. Today's scene is located in the basin of a larger quintic minibrot that lies in a small island of debris inside the bud located just beyond the large bud on the X-axis of the parent. I named the image "A Round Pentagram" after the rounded pentagram immediately surrounding the central minibrot. A pentagram is the familiar 5-pointed star, which is a religious symbol when oriented with a point facing upward, and a symbol of occultism when rotated 36 degrees so that it resembles a goat's head, with a point facing downward. The rating of a 7 is in the ball park of average. If I had put extra effort into the coloring, the image might have rated an 8. The calculation time of a speed-of-light 45 seconds will pass in a flash. The flashing, which might be confused with bomb testing, thereby causing a sudden unwelcome arrival of security forces, may be avoided by checking one of the web sites. The finished image is posted online on the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> High-quality renderings are at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> and the back images are at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A near perfect day prevailed here at Fractal Central today, with lots of sun, gentle breezes and a temperature of 70F 21C. Clouds arrived later in the afternoon, but by then all the outdoor activities were nearly finished. The fractal cat seems to be resigned that no more sun will be falling on his window shelf until autumn, and has claimed my favorite chair as his bed. The humans are resigned that autumn will eventually come, followed by winter. The next FOTD will be posted in the divinely ordained time. Until whenever that is, take care, and believe it or not, some people actually are puzzled by the way I feel at peace when I am out alone without a cell phone. The truth is that it is quite easy to be at peace when out of contact with others. After getting hooked on computers, I simply refused to become addicted to any additional absolutely necessary conveniences of modern technological life, without which survival would be in doubt. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Round_Pentagram { ; time=0:00:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MultiExp function=recip periodicity=6 center-mag=-8.120884801079228/+0.01070920339951809\ /3.235e+011/1/9.5/0 params=5/6 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=96 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0000Si0Rf0Qd0Pa0O_0MX0KV0IS0GQ0EN0CL0AI08G0\ 6D44A53B66B78B8AB9CCAECAFCBHCCJCDLDENDFPDFPDGQEHRE\ ISEJTEKUELVFMVFOWFQXFSYGUZGZaGcdGhgGmjHrmHmrHhmHch\ FZeGUhHPmIDrGEvIFwKFrLGmNHhPHcQIZSJWUJVVKUXLSZLR_H\ KXIKZINVJMXFLZFJ_GIaHHcHFdIEfJDhG5nJCiQJeSQfUXg_Z_\ YYa`_cZ`eXagV`zT`zR_zP_zNZzJYzLZzM_zN`zO`zPazQbzRc\ zSczTdzUezVezWfzXgzYhzZhz_iz`jzajzbkzclzdmzemzfnzg\ ozhozaizWczPYzJSzCMz6Gz7Hz8Hz9IzAIzBIzBJzCJzDJzEKz\ FKzFLzGLzHLzIMzJMzJMzKNzLNzMOzNOzOOzOPzPPzQPzRQzSQ\ zSRzTRzURzVSzWSzXTzWSzVSzUSzTSzSSzRSzQSzPSzOSzNSzM\ SzLSzKSzJSzISzHSzUSzUSzUSzUSzUSzUSzUSzUSzUSzUTzUTz\ cTzcUzcUzcUzcVzcVzcVzcWzcWzmWzmXzmXzmXzmYzmYzmYzmZ\ zzZzzZzz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz\ _zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zzbz\ z`zz_zzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzZzzdlzblza\ lz`kzZkzYjzXjzVjzUizTizTl } frm:MultiExp { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 100000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================