FOTD -- March 09, 2006 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: For some reason, today's image reminded me of a caterpillar, so I named it "Caterpillar Fractal". The rating of a 6 is just a little above average. The image is almost a Julia set of the Z^(1.5)+C Mandeloid. It is not a true Julia set because I have rotated the slice a small bit from the true Julia orientation. The rotation is less than one degree, but to see the difference such a small rotation can make, change the four p1 and p2 parameters to 90. This will show the true Julia set. The render time of 16-1/2 minutes is slow enough to make the download of the finished image worth the slight effort of visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A fine late winter day on Wednesday here at Old Fractal Central pleased the aging fractal cats. Partly cloudy skies with a temperature of 50F 10C and little wind made conditions in the yard quite pleasant. The duo spent over two hours outside, watching for intruding cats. Meanwhile, inside, the work was heavy, but was kept under strict control by me. The next FOTD fractal is expected in 24 hours. And unless something arises that would prevent it, the fractal actually will appear as scheduled. Until that awesome moment arrives, take care, and don't get awe-struck too soon. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= CaterpillarFractal { ; time=0:16:34.98--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=1 center-mag=0.2\ 8169/0/1.253133 params=89.93/90.1/90.03/89.09/\ -0.187/0/0/0/1.5/0 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=0 outside=real periodicity=10 colors=000D0ID0DF0EH0EI1EK2EL3EN4FP5FQ6FS7FT8FV9GX\ AGYBG_CG`DGaEIbGJbILcKMdMOdOPeQReSSfVUgXVg_XhaYid_\ if`jibjkcmfkpbsrZzmcphggckYZoPUsFPw6mo7ll6ki6kf6jd\ 5ia5iZ5hW4gU4gR4fO3eL3eJ3cM9aOF_QKYSQXUVVW`TYfR_kP\ aqOcvNerMgnLikKjgJldIn`HpXGqUFsQEuNDwJCxFBzCAz89z5\ DwAGqFJkKMfPP`USVZVQcYKh`Emc9rbEsbJsbOsbTsaYsabsag\ salsapsgsolulrwiwyfzzcywavt_sqZpnXmkWjhUgeTdbRa_P_\ YOYWMWULUSJSQIOMGLIFLLGLNGLQGKTGLWGL_GMbGMfGNiGNlG\ OpGOsGOvGPsHQqIQoJRmKRkLSiMTfNTdOUbPU`QVZRVXSVXSWX\ SWXSWXSWXSXXSXXSXXSXXTYXTYXTYXTeXWYXTYXTZXTZXTZXTZ\ XT_XU_XU_XU_XU`XU`XU`XU`XUaXUaXUaXVaXVaXVbXVbXVbXV\ bXVcXVcXVcXVcXWdXWdXWdXWdXWeXWeXWeXWeXWqyPpxQpxQpw\ QpwQpvQovQovQouQouQotQotRntRnsRnsRnrRnrRnrRmqRmqRm\ pRmpSmpSmoSloSlnSlnSlmSlmSlmSklSklTkkTkkTkkTkjTjjT\ jiTjiTjiTjhTjhUigUigUigUifUifUieUheUhdUhdUhdVhcVhc\ VgbVgbVgbVgaVgaVg`Vf`Vf`W } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws most slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================