FOTD -- June 18, 2003 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is another scene in the East Valley area of the parent fractal of yesterday's image. Many of the same elements are there, but with the outside being rendered with the 'fmod' option, today's image is different enough to stand on its own merits. Today's rating of 6 is a big come-down from yesterday's perhaps- overblown rating of 9. It is still worth a look however. The colors, which are not nearly as finely tuned, still get the point across. When I studied the image, searching for a name, I had the impression of a Mandelbrot set being dropped into a body of colored liquid, creating a huge splash. What could I possibly have named the image other than "Ker-splash"? Curiously, if the bailout radius of today's image is raised to 10^100, the image evaporates, leaving a blank screen of all- inside points. Then, if the 'fmod' inside-fill option is applied to the blank image and the proximity is kept at 0.9, today's image will re-appear, the only difference being that instead of rendering in 13 minutes, it now takes an hour to render, and the inside of the midget now contains detail. The fastest way to observe today's inside-or-outside image is to download it in completed form from either Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from Scott's web site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> Clouds hung around all day Tuesday. The sprinkles that began at 1pm turned into a steady rain by 6pm. The temperature reached 66F 19C, but what good is a pleasant temperature when rain is falling? The dynamic duo thought it was no good at all, and quickly turned sulky, demanding a treat of tuna before resuming their good spirits. Since this morning is cloudy with more rain promised, I had best stock up on the tuna. The heavy clouds do not relieve me of the duty of doing the waiting work however, so if I hope to finish, I had best get started. Until next FOTD, take care, and watch for lurking fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Ker-splash { ; time=0:13:16.68--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.02507098225420995/+0.507300152811625\ 00/24216.06/1/-60/4.61438734444818976e-011 params=1/-1.08/-1/1/0/300 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 proximity=0.9 outside=fmod logmap=yes periodicity=10 sound=off colors=0003tk2sh3qf3oe3mc3kb3i`4g_4eY4cX4aV4_U5YS5\ WR5VQ5TO5RN6PL6NK6LI6JH6HF7FE7DC7BB799778444767979\ B8CE9EGBHICJLDMNEOPFRSHTUIWWJYZK``LbbNeeOggPjiQliL\ wjOrkRnlTimWenY`o`XpbSqeOrgJsjFun8tm9tlAtlBtkCtkCt\ jDtiEtiFshFshGsgHsfIsfIseJseKsdLtfKseLsdLscLrbMraM\ r`Mr`Mq_NqZNqYNqXNpWOpVOpVOpUOoTPoSPoRPnQQnPQnPQnO\ QmNRmMRmLRmKRlJSlJSlISlHSkGTkFTkETjDUjDUjCUjBUiAVi\ 9Vi8Vi7Vh7Wh6Wh5Wh4Wg3Xg2Xg1Xh0Yg1Xg1Wg1Vf2Vf2Uf2T\ e2Te3Se3Re3Rd3Qd4Pd4Oc4Oc4Nc5Mb5Mb5Lb6Kb6Ka6Ja6Ia7\ H`7H`7G`7F_8F_8E_8D_1B_4CZ6CY8DXBDWDEVFEUHEUIFUJGU\ KHUKIUKJUKKUKLUKMUKNUKOUKPUKPUKQUKRUKSSKTQKUOKVMKW\ KKXKKYKKZKKYKKZKKZKK_KK_KK`KK`KK`KKaKKaKHbKFbKDcIB\ cD6eE7dF8cG9cGAbHAaIBaJC`JD_KD_LEZLFYMGYNGXOHXOIWP\ JVQJVQKURLTSMTTMSTNRUORVPQVPQWQPXROYSOYTNZTM_UM`VL\ `WKaWKbXJbYIcZIdZHe_He`GfaFgaFgbEhcDidDjdCjeBkfBlg\ AlgBlgAlgAm`AoVApPAoPAnPA } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================