FOTD -- August 10, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With so many things going wrong on Sunday, it's a wonder that today's FOTD image was posted at all. My main alibi is the weather, which caused a power outage in the evening. The center of attraction in the very hasty image is a quintic minibrot surrounded by an unbalanced field of not-particularly- attractive elements. The coloring is barely adequate, with nothing of note to comment on. I named the image "Crossover In Sight" because the scene is located in an area where two broad valleys appear to cross. One glance will reveal why I gave it no rating. The calculation time of 10-1/2 minutes makes the image not worth the time spent calculating it. To avoid disappointment I recommend viewing the image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The weather on Saturday was near perfect here at Fractal Central, with mostly sunny skies and a temperature of 81F 27C. But Sunday was a different story. The day began with heavy rain, then turned very muggy around noon, when the sun suddenly burst through and the temperature soared to 88F 31C. At 4pm however the western sky grew almost as dark as night, followed in a couple minutes by a violent thunder-storm, which caused a six-hour power outage and made the already late FOTD even later. We survived the storm with minimum damage, though FL's garden took a beating. The fractal cats took most of it in stride but cringed at the loudest thunder claps. If all goes well the next FOTD will be posted soon. But from the way things are going, I'm making no definite promises. Until next time, whenever that is, take care, and be cool. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Crossover_In_Sight { ; time=0:10:38.61-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=NewDivideBrot function=recip center-mag=-1.6217008186111/+0.03820895763581716/\ 1.290596e+008/1/-157.5/0 params=5/1 float=y maxiter=6250 inside=0 logmap=-342 periodicity=10 colors=000qaZsfbqbYq`TqZPqXLqXJqWGqUDqTBqS9qS7qS5q\ R4qR4oP4mP4mP4kP4kO5iO6iO6gO7gN7eN7cM8cN9aMAaMA_MB\ _NDYMDYMEXMFXMGQJFLHFHGFEEDAA977677688767855935A14\ C11943C74DA5ED7FG8GJ8IM9KP9MSANVAPYAR`FUcKbfPeiUhi\ Zhichifhiihgghdcha`h_ZhXWhUThRQhOOhLLhJJhHHhGGhDGd\ BHb9J`ALZFNXKQUPVSU_TZdUchUhiSmjRhkQcjPZiPUgPGgPJe\ PNePQcQUcSTaQUaPU_NW_LXYK_ZJe`KgcKiaJi`Ii_HiYGiWFi\ VEiUDiTDiRCiQBiQAiO9iM9iL8iK8iJ7iI7iH6iF6iF5kE5mC3\ oE6qG9sJEuNKuRQuSTuTYuVbuVfuXguYfuYeu_eu_tuatubtub\ tudtudtuftugtugtuituituituftuctu`tuYtuVtuStuPtuOtu\ NtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuNtuOtuPtuRtuSt\ uTtuVtuXtuYtu_tuatubtudtuftugtuituituituituituitui\ tuituituituituituituituituituituituituituituituitu\ ituituituituituituituituituituituituituituituituit\ uituituituituituituituituituituituituituituituitui\ tuituituituituituituituit } frm:NewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================