FOTD -- June 04, 2011 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "A Minibrot in Heaven". My concept of heaven is a place that everyone says is wonderful, but no one wants to go to. In my opinion, the reason for this contradic- tion is that we're not sure that heaven really exists. In a world built on science, faith does not carry the power it once did, and the world's religions appear helpless to do anything about it. What do I think of all this? Well, I spend time wondering whether there are fractals in heaven. Today's image offers a little hope of the beyond. It shows a minibrot floating through the etherial realm of heaven. This is the same minibrot that I mentioned in yesterday's discussion, and indeed, yesterday's scene lies within the brilliant white arc just southwest of the minibrot in today's scene. Just as in yesterday's image, the better part of today's image is inside stuff made visible by the 'bof60' inside fill. A good part of the outside stuff has evaporated away. The image rates an 8. It might have rated as high as a 9 if the muddy left-over 'outside' debris in the upper part had not been so intrusive. There could be a way to eliminate this stuff, but once again laziness overtook me and I decided to let the image go as is. The calculation time of under 1-1/2 minutes will test the patience of no one. The completed image is posted on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition version of the image may be accessed at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The 14-year-old classic FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Friday here at Fractal Central was another perfect early June day. The temperature of 77F 25C is right in the middle of the comfort range, and the humidity of 45 percent simply added to the comfort. The fractal cats spent most of the day being comfortable, doing what cats do when they are comfortable. They stretched out on the carpet. The day of the humans, (not to be confused with the day of the triffids), was slow. FL got caught up on some gardening, while I got caught up on some fractals. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours, but if one of those antiquing expeditions comes up, it might be late. Until whenever, take care, and what if we dis- cover that heaven is really not there? . . . Gulp!! Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Minibrot_in_Heaven { ; time=0:01:25.23-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=1.19207/-0.0303/5.911591/1/-110/0 params=-7/-1.7/-0.7/-7.7/0/2500/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof60 periodicity=6 colors=0007UA8UB8UC9VDIUfAWEAWFBLSBbhCRIRezDKKDZWE\ UMRfmK_NRboD`OPejC`OCacBaPBdiBbQBbQAcQAcRAdR9dR9dS\ 9eS8eS8fT8fT8fTDcSHaSMZSQXSUVS`SQzzzzzzzzzvwzrtzmq\ zhnwcltZjqVhnQfkOdhKbeH`dFZc00L20M40N80OC0SG0WK0_O\ 1cS2cW3d_4dc7eg9ekBeTEeWGeZIf`LfcNffPfhSfkUgnWgpZg\ s`gvbgxdgsednebif`efZ`fXWgVSgTNhRIhPEhNHjOKkONlOPm\ PSnPVoPXqQ_rQbsQdtRguRjvRlwRksPjoNilLhhJgdHfaGeYEd\ UCcRAbN8aJ6aG5cJ7eM9gPAiSCkVDmYFo`GqcIsfJuiLvlMrmN\ omOkmOhmPdmQamQYmRVmSRmSOmTKmUHmUDmVAmW7mWHfJQ_7SX\ BUVFVTIXRMYPP_NT`LWbJ_cHbaLd_PeZTfXXgW`hUdiThjRlkQ\ plOtmNxnLuhKrcJpZImUHkPLiTPgXTe_Xcc_agc_jgYnkWrnVu\ oWqoWmpWipXfqXbqXZqXWrYSrYOsYKsZHtZDtZ9tZ6fW5UU4GR\ 33P25Q47R58S6AT7CU8DV9FWBHXCIYDKZEM_FN`GP_FQZERYDS\ XDTWCUVBVUBWTAXS9YR9ZQ8_P7`O7`O7_O8_O8ZN8ZN8YN8YM9\ XM9XM9WM9WL9VL9VLAULAUKATKATKACBGSKASJBRJBRJBQIBQI\ BPICPICOHC4R55S66S76T87T9 } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================