FOTD -- October 14, 2002 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image has been named "What is it?". That is a question. The answer is that today's image is a picture of the midget I spoke of yesterday, which lies just beyond the southeast border of yesterday's "Coronal Globules" image. Curiously enough, since I have rotated the view 180 degrees, yesterday's scene now lies not northwest but southeast of today's. The midget in today's image is one of the more chaotic I have come upon in my travels through the world of fractals. It is quite difficult to find any definite theme that runs throughout the scene. Some areas consist of fractal material so finely ground that it resembles sand. Other areas consist of relatively simple spirals. But the coloring shows that a broad overall pattern does exist around the midget, and that this broad pattern consists of the usual 2,4,8... series of elements. One of the powers of Z in the generating formula is -0.05, which defines a value so close to unity that it might be expected to have little effect on the finished fractal. But the maxiter of today's image is 6000, which gives plenty of iterations in which that tiny departure from unity can build up to a significant change in the overall appearance of the image. Today's image might rate closer to a 5 than a 6. The image is a bit too disorganized to be above average, and it also lacks a theme. But when rating it, I decided to do myself a favor. I'm harsh enough on my fractals as it is. The attached parameter file requires 38 minutes of rendering time on my aging P200 machine. I wonder if it would render in 1/10th the time on a state-of-the-art P4-2000mhz machine. Somehow I doubt it. Those with little to do might run the parameter file, but most will choose to download the completed image from Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from Scott's site: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Sunday continued cloudy, with a temperature of 66F 19C, but it did not rain and the grass was dry, and as a result, the dynamic cats had enough quality time in the yard to keep them happy. I now find the work accumulating -- a clear signal to get busy. So until tomorrow, take care, and the search for the last fractal could be a long one. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ What_is_it { ; time=0:37:52.55--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=mandelbrotmix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.206663019352063/+3.038945988679095/3\ 080341/1/50/8.66889070978704712e-007 params=5/\ -0.05/0.5/-11/-0.8623/10000000 float=y maxiter=6000 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000MDPNEOOENPEMQEKREJSEITEGUEFVEEWFCXEDYEEZ\ EF_DG`DHaDIbCIcCJdCKeBLfBMgBNhBNiDRjEUkFXlG_mIcnJf\ mKipLllLppMopNnlOnpPmpQmpRloSloTkoUkoVjoWjoXinXinY\ hnZhn_gn`gnafmbfmcemdemedmfdmgcmgclfeldglcilbki_lf\ YlcWm`UmYSmVQnSOnPMoMKoJIoKHnLHnMGnNGnOFnPFnQEnREn\ SDnTDnUCnVCnWBnXBnYAnYAnZ9m_9m`8ma8mb7mc7md6me6mf5\ mg5mh4mi4mj3mk3ml2ml2mm4lm6km7jm9inAhnCgnEfnFeoHdo\ IcoKboMaoN`pP_pQZpSYpUXqVWqXVqYUq_Tq`Tr_Sr_Rr_Qr_P\ r_OrZNrZMrZLrZKrZKsYJsYIsYHsYGsYFsXEsXDsXCtXBtXBvW\ AvW9wW8wW7xW6xV5yV4yV3yV2xV2rW4lV5fU6aT8XS9SRAORBP\ SAQTARUASU9TV9UW9VX8WY8X_8Y_7Za7_b7`c7ad6bf6cg6dg5\ eh5fi5gi4hj4ik4jk3kl3lm3mm3lk2lj2li2lh2lg2lf2le2lc\ 1lb1la1l`1l_1lZ1lY1lX1lV0lU0lT0lS0lR0lQ0lP0lO0kQ2j\ R4jS5iU7hV9hWAgXCfZDf_Fe`HdbIdcKcdLbeNbgPahQ`iS`jT\ akRakPblOblMcmKcmJcnHdnFdoEeoCfpAgp9hq7iq5jr4kr2lr\ 1mp0nq0or0ps0qt0ru0sv0tw0 } 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==================================