FOTD -- September 23, 2010 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is late because desktop computers work very poorly without electricity. Don't blame me; blame whatever you call it -- fate, luck, God, karma, or simply forget the whole thing by pointing out that annoying things are a well-known part of life. Today's late FOTD is a quick journey to Seahorse Valley of a minibrot on a filament extending from a sub-bud on the northwest shoreline of the bud centered around -1.3 on the negative X-axis of the Mandelbrot set. I gave the image no rating because I put no extra effort into it. We have the richness of the M-set to thank for the image existing at all. The name "Hurried Minibrot" is a statement of fact. The zippy calculation time of 9 seconds is mostly due to some clever programming tricks of the Fractint team. The finished image will soon be posted on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A midsummer-type day prevailed here at Fractal Central on Wednes- day, with a temperature of 86F 30C and lots of sun. But at 5pm a sudden thunder-storm moved in, bringing torrential rain, winds gusting to 65mph, 100kph and crackling thunder. The storm moved off as fast as it arose, but FC was left in the dark until just after midnight. The fractal cats were spooked by the loud thun- der, and ducked into the closet, but when things calmed down, the lack of lights bothered them not at all. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and one place where you never want to get lost is the Mandelbrot set. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Hurried_Minibrot { ; time=0:00:09.67-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.356345931475/\ +0.0684741813809/1e+009/1/-90/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 periodicity=6 inside=0 logmap=-1438 colors=000AUdAUeAUfAUgAUhAUiAUjAUkAUl9UmERnJLoOFpT\ 9qY3rY3rXFmWPhVQcURZURUUSPUSKUUFUUAUU4UU4UU4UUEUUO\ UVYURgURhURhURhUSTUSDTTJSTORUTQUYOVbMVgKWlIWfGZ`F`\ VQaV`cV_aVP`WFZWISQKMLMJGHGBHD6F67B78FBBLGARL9XK8`\ I7dG6hF6b`7Y`LU`ZP`lL`yVYvdVsnSprQknVcf_VZ_MGNCWND\ kgDfhFbiHYjJUkLQkNSfLUbJVZIXUGYQF_MD`ICWLERNGNPHIS\ JDUL9WMQULfTKvSKWYJ5cJYVPzNVxQYvT_uWasZcqaepdgiibc\ mZYrVSvRKLiVRceXZobUgbX_b_SbaKbdCbg5biMVhbNgsGgrEi\ rCkqAlq8np6pp5qZASHE2FK8EQEDWKCaPBgVAm`9sf8xkAggBR\ dAWb9_`8cZ7gY6lW5pU4tS3xR6pK9hDAfEAdEAbFA`FAZGAXGA\ WG8SK7ON6KR5GU4CY38`HTKUl3Rk7OjALjDJiHGiKDhNBhQHbO\ NXMSRLYLJbFIMjxJltHmpFomDpiBqepjTmmUjmVhmWOmV3mVAm\ XGmZMm`TmaZmcdmejmfgmhdmiamk_mlXmnUmoSmpSmWSmCPmEM\ mGJmIGmKDmMAmO7mQ8mT9mWAmZBmaCzdCzfDzgEzgEzgFzhFzh\ GzhGzhEzdCz`AzX8zT6zP4zL2zH0zE2zI4zL6zP8zS9zVUzXmz\ YizZfzZbz__z_Xz_Tz`Qz`Nz` } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================