FOTD -- July 31, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's little fractal diversion takes us to the western (child) shoreline of the northern branch of Seahorse Valley of the Mandelbrot set, where we dig deep into a bit of a seahorse tail to find a midget. Not satisfied with the midget, we dig into a seahorse-type arm extending from the midget's northern side until we find an even smaller midget. This smaller midget is what appears at the center of today's image. I have named the image "Fractal Tiles". The pattern around the midget does rather resemble a pattern of tiles. The rating of 7 seems appropriate for a scene lying in such an obvious location. The color palette is a random one created by striking the 'enter' key while in color-cycling mode. It is probably not the best of all possible colorings, but it is good enough to rate the 7. The magnitude is great enough to require arbitrary precision math, which slows the image to a render time of 57 minutes, but relief is at hand in the form of the completed image, which soon is posted to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The temperature of 82F 28C was just what the fractal cats wanted on Saturday. They lounged in the yard for almost eight hours before finally deciding to come inside for their tuna. Today is starting much the same. It looks good for the cats. For me the coming day looks uneventful, so until next month, when the next FOTD will appear, take care, and remember that patience is rewarded, but never try to spend your reward. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Tiles { ; time=0:57:12.34--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.77866689800755177997/0.1314711196242\ 8930825/2.432972e+015 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=0001007Ep6Ci5Ab48X37Q25J13D016`zJXtHUoFRjEO\ eCL_BIV9FQ7CL69F4zq3wm1rjMogKleJjcIgaHdZGbXF_VEYTD\ VQCSOBQMANK9KH8IF7FD6DB5A84763542221h_ofYmeXkcWibV\ h`Uf_TdYRcXQaVP_UOZTNXRMVQKUOJSNIQLHPKGNIFLHDKFCIE\ BGDAFB9DA8B86A758546435223111vmPqiNmeLibJeZH`WGXSE\ TPCPLALH8GE7CA5873431s1Le0FS0AE05ekUXaOPSIGJC896Vt\ sOhgIYXmzz6zzgoyahqXbiRWaMQVGJNBDF567pjngbeZVYQNPH\ FH878JxGIvFHtEHsEGqDFoDFnCElCEjBDhBCeACbAB`9BY9AV8\ 9T89Q78O77L67J66I56G55E44D44B3393382262141131010D`\ zCZzCYzBfzBezAdzAbzAaz9`z9_z8Zz8Nb7M`7LZ7KX6JV6HT5\ GR5FP5EN4DL4BJ3AH39F28D27B259147135023011ORKMOIKMG\ IKFGIDEGCCEABC99A7786564343121000zURwS7tQ6rP6oO6mN\ 5jM5hL5eJ4cI4`H4ZG4WF3UE3RC3PB2MA2K92H82F71C51A417\ 30520210p6Cn5Bl5Bk5Ag5AcAG_JFXIDVHCVGBTFASEARE9QD9\ PD9OC8NC8MB8LB7KA7JA6I96H96G85F85E75D64C64B54A5394\ 3100842732632521421311210 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================