FOTD -- January 13, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The parent fractal of today's image is the same one that gave us yesterday's image. This parent consists of two somewhat distorted Mandelbrot sets, but instead of lying in the East Valley of the eastern set, today's image lies in the East Valley of the western set. Now that the location is straightened out, little remains to be said except that the image rates a 6 and I named it "A Golden Oldie" for some reason that I have since forgotten. The image is an incredibly fast one, calculating in only 25 seconds, which is likely even faster than the brief time and effort required to see the image, already calculated, on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Tuesday dawned with a fresh 2cm of snow on the ground here at Fractal Central. The rest of the day was typical midwinter stuff -- partly cloudy with a temperature hovering just below freezing. The fractal cats ignored the outside conditions and spent their time keeping warm indoors. My day was average. The next FOTD -- above average to be sure -- will be posted at this same spot in 24 hours or so. Until then, take care, and see you then. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Golden_Oldie { ; time=0:00:24.92-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=-0.86630327098/0/185328 params=1/2/0.05\ /-2/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=850 symmetry=xaxis inside=0 logmap=34 colors=000A9KCAKEDKGFKIHKKJKMLKONKQPKSRKUTKWVKYXKm\ bKjZKgXMdUJaRGZODWKATH7QE4NB1QD3VE5ZG6cH8hJAlKBqMD\ uNEqQFmYFi`KehUakcYsmVuzWtmXrcXqUYpKZo7Zm6_l4`f2``\ 1cY2e_3ha4jc5md6of7rh8tj9vkAseEp_ImUMkOQhIUeCYb6a`\ peapccpbepagp_ipZkpYmohonmnmqmlulkukiujhuiguhfugdt\ fbqe`nc_kbZiaXf_VcZUaYSZWQWVOTUNRSLORJLQIJSHKTHLUH\ LYIIaJFdJDhKAlL7oL5lN4jP3gR3eT2bV2`X1YZ0W`0Tb0Rd0O\ f0Mh0Jj0mCRlFPjJOiNMgRLfUJeYIcaGbeFahEbeGcbId`KdYM\ eWNfTPfRRgOThMUhJWiHYjE_jC`gF_dH_aK__M_XP_UR_RU_PW\ _MZ_J`_Gc_Ee_Bh_Bj_Bl_BgZDcZGZYJVYMRYNSZOS_OT_PT`P\ T`QUaQUaQVbQVbQWcQXcQYcQZbQ_aQ``Qa_QbZQcYWcXacWgcV\ ncUtfZzkbui_qgYmfVidTebRaaOX_MTZJPXzLVzHUzDSzBRzGP\ zNOzUNz`LzgKznJztIzsJzsJzsKzrKzrLzrPzqUzqZzqczohzm\ mzkrzivzgzzezzczzazz_zzYzzWzzUz0Wz0Xz0Yz0_z1`z3az4\ bz5dz7ez8fzAhzBizDjzEkzFlzFmzGnzGozHpzHqzIqzIpzLpz\ OpzRpzTpzWpzZYzUXzVXzWTza } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================