FOTD -- February 29, 2008 (No Rating)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

My Mindspring address is having technical difficulties -- it 
delivers e-mail but will not accept e-mail -- so I'm sending the 
FOTD's through AOL until Earthlink gets the problem fixed (if 
ever).  The philofractal postings are missing because the 
philofractal list apparently does not accept messages in AOL 
format.

Today's image is an effort to get something from nothing.  The 
nothing is a Mandeloid with an exponent of 99.2.  The something 
is a fractal that resembles nothing as much as an alien 
landscape.

Actual aliens might be hiding somewhere in the scene, which is 
the reason for the name "Aliens Somewhere".  But if they are, I 
have yet to find a sign of them.

Since I found the image with so little effort, I could not give 
it an honest rating.  The calculation time of 4-1/2 minutes is 
reasonably short.  And the finished image is or soon will be 
posted on the FOTD web site at:

       

Clouds and biting winds, with a temperature of 21F -6C made 
Thursday rather unpleasant here at Fractal Central.  The cats 
agreed as they snuggled closer to the heat.  My day was quite 
busy.  The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours.  Until then, take 
care, and live laughingly.


Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com


START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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frm:MandelbrotN {; Jim Muth
b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel:
z=z^(b)+c,
|z| <= 16 }  END PARAMETER FILE========================================= 


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