FOTD -- June 25, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene on the east side of the north branch of the twelfth valley out the negative stem of the Mandelbrot set, eleven valleys beyond Seahorse Valley. This valley has no name, and I intend to give it none. I arrived at the remote scene while I was searching for a limit. The more remote the valleys become, the more they start to look the same. Today's image shows what I assume to be the limit of the scenery in the higher-order valleys. Similar scenes first appear around the 4th valley out, and the scenes change little in the valleys beyond there. The ridiculous maxiter of 20-million is no mistake. All these iterations are actually necessary to fully resolve the scene. By comparison, a similar scene in the 4th valley would require a maxiter of only 100-thousand, and would calculate in a minute or two. The three brilliant yellow areas are filled-in peanut holes. It can be seen that the center filled-in hole in the peanut hole is actually the 'star' at the end of the filament extending from the bud. The two 'bulbs' on either side of the center are end- less spirals on either side of the star. I also see some kind of animals in the scene, though I'll not try to identify them. They're clearly not elephants, but they're not seahorses either. Maybe they're spider monkeys. I could hardly give a rating to an image with so little to offer and so much time required for the calculation. But I will say that 50 minutes may be saved by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> With a high temperature of 88F 31C and a hot sun, things were a bit too warm for absolute comfort here at Fractal Central on Wednesday. The fractal cats were skittish because of the noise of work being done on a neighboring house, but this did not keep them from checking often to see exactly what was happening. My day was busier than average but still well under control. I'll be taking a short trip back to Old Fractal Central on Thursday to do a little porch maintenance, so the FOTD for June 26 might be late. Until whenever, take care, and never doubt the word of science. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seahorse_valley-25 { ; time=0:50:55.84-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.4011550420563\ 79/+0.00000000901429934/4.398626e+009/1/-88/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=20000000 inside=255 logmap=-87270 periodicity=10 colors=000UYzU_zUazUczUezUgzUizUkzUmzUozUqzUnzTjzS\ dhQaZPRPOMKNIKNDKN7KM1KL0KK1KI7LGDMEJNCPOCUPDYQDaR\ EeSEiTFmTFpTJkUNfURaVVYVZTVbOWfJWjFWnAXr5Xv1X_MHDf\ 2Qj8UnDYqIapGepFipEmpDmpCmoBmoAmo9mo8mo7mn6mn5mn4c\ n3cn2cn1eo3ho4ko6no7qo8tpAwpBzpCzpEzpFzqHzqIzqJzqL\ zqMzqNzrRzsVztZztazudzvgzwjzwmzxpzyszyvzxtzwrzvpzu\ nztmzqoznpzkqzhrzeszbtz_uzXvzUwzRxz`tzjpztlzsmzsmz\ smzsmzsmzsmzsmzsmzsmzsmzsmzsmzqkzpjzohzngzmezldzkb\ zjazi_zhZzgXzfWzeUzdTzcSz_UzXVzUXzRYzNZzK`zHazEbzH\ ZzJWzLTzNQzPNzRKzTGzVDzXAzZ7z`4zb1z_2zY3zW3zT4zR5z\ P5zM6zK6zI7zF8zD8zB9z8Az6Az4Bz2Bz7GzCKzHOzMSzRWzW`\ z`dzehzjlzopzmnzklzijzghzfgzcdz`bzY_zVYzSVzQTzNQzK\ OzHLzEJzBGz9EzFIzLLzRPzWSzaVzgZzmazrdzlbzf`zaZzWXz\ QVzLUzQWzUXzZZzb_zf`zkbzoczsdzrdzqdzpdzodzmezlezke\ zjeziezhezffzeUzjVzpWzuXzjaz_ezQjzFnz5rzBizHazFWzE\ QzDLzCFzBAzATz9kz6Xz3XK0P } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================