FOTD -- November 16, 2008 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image shows a Julia set of the main bay of the Mandelbrot set stuffed to overflowing with the circles of Z^(33)+C minibrots. If fact, it is so overstuffed with minibrots that they actually overlap. The scene is located in the interior of the main bay of its parent fractal, which on the surface resembles a huge Mandelbrot set. It is only in the depths of the parent fractal that the strange things seen in today's image start happening. I rated the image at a 6, which is at least a bit above average. Then, when I saw the minibrots packed like sardines, I named it "Fractal Convention". The calculation time of under 1-1/2 minutes will keep impatience at bay. But if impatience breaks loose, the finished image is posted on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy clouds and occasional downpours of rain spoiled the unusually warm temperature of 68F 20C here at Fractal Central on Saturday. The fractal cats somehow managed to get through yet another day without sunshine. My day was good enough. But due to the rain, FL and I had to cancel the antiquing expedition we had planned. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and look on the bright side. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Convention { ; time=0:01:26.55-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5 passes=1 center-mag=-157.5333645695505/+0.02931181123341/\ 1807947 params=33/100 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=86 periodicity=10 colors=000E03F04G05H16I27J38K49K5AJ6BI7CH8DG9EFAFB\ BGECHGDIIEKKFMMGOOHQQISUJUXKWZLYaM_cNafOYhPWiQTkRO\ lSFmTGoUFqVFsWEuXEwXEvXGvXHuXJuXKtXMtXNuWNtXOpXPlX\ PgXQcXR_YRVZSR_TN`TIaUEfVzdTzzVzzWzwXzsYzoZXf_ag`f\ cajdboecsfdk__cTVWNQOGzG9z93zC4FF5HH6KK6MM7PP8RR8U\ U9WXAYZA`aBbcCefCghDjkElmEnkFmjGliHkhIjfJjeKidLhcM\ gaMg`Nf_OeZPdXQdWRcVSbUTa`TVTTaMThETo1Ux7TvDStISsO\ RqTRoZQncQliPjnPijQjgQjdQjaQkZQkWRkTRlQRlNRlKRmHSm\ ESmBSn8Sn5Sn2Sn9UkGWiNYgU_d`abgc`qfWmdZibae`daZgYX\ jUVmQTpMRsIQuLbbKdaJe`If_Ig_HhZGiYGjYFkXElWEmWDnVC\ oUBpTBqTArS9sR9tRzUKzTJzTIzSIzSHzUBzSHzQNzPTzNZzMd\ zKjzJpeSk`_gWhcRp_Yladhcpekjdedc_ZzUTzPNzJHzDBz8Hz\ 9Mz9Rz9Wz9azAfzAkzApzAxz8uzAszCqzEnzGlzIjzKhzMezOc\ zQazSZzUXzWVzYTz_QzaOzcMzeLzhKzgJzgJzgIzgIzgHzgGzg\ GzgFzgFzgEzgEzgDzgCzgCzgBzgBzgAzgAzgFzfJzfNzfRzfWz\ kVzfKz0Kz0Kz0Kz0Kz0Kz0Kz0 } frm:DivideBrot5 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================