FOTD -- October 29, 2006 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image takes us to the tip of the filament at the northern extremity of the Mandelbrot set, where we examine a midget on a side-filament radiating from a larger filament. The normally humdrum image reached FOTD status when the unusually attractive color palette rotated into view. The image looks best when the screen brightness is turned down. I named the image "Deep in the North" because it lies near the northern extremity of the M-set. I gave it no rating. The render time of 15-1/2 minutes is quite reasonable for an image with a magnitude of 10^24. And the image may also be seen on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The weather has been pretty much cloudy and chilly here at New Fractal Central for the past few days. But the cats didn't seem to care. I asked both of them who left the toy where I would land on it and turn my ankle, but both claimed innocence. No problem. I have already forgiven whoever did it. It was really my fault. I should have looked before I leaped. Being laid up, hopping like a bunny, isn't much fun, but every now and then my mood cheers up enough for me to do an FOTD. If all goes well, the next fractal will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and all bad times eventually pass. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Deep_in_the_North { ; time=0:15:33.07--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-0.2281567739652\ 7565856763362572/1.1151424947129378120645616032/\ 1.485487e+024/1/105.026073473988632/-0.00084030429\ 7203296746 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=00004506A08F2AK5CP8DUAEZDEcGFhIGnLHsNHwMNwM\ SuMXtMapMfnMilMkkKlmJjlIhlHejGckE`kDZlCWlBUmARm9Pm\ CSlFUlIWlLZkO`kRbkUdjZgjcijhkimmirqivthzwhxzhuufsn\ etgcsfasf_reYoaWoZUnYSjVQhQOeKM_DKXCIWCGUBEOBCJBBR\ AAWA9aA8g97l96oA5rK4uU3wc2zi1yc1wU6uKAsFFqHJoKNmMS\ kPWjR_oKbuDfZmubgsebriXplSopMmsHlwBj_Y1bV5dT9fRDhO\ GkMKmKOoHSqFVtDZvAbx8fKblJfcIjV`tVWsXSrYNqZJp_Fo`G\ `SHNKI9CQFAXK8cP6jU4qZ2xc0jUAXLKJBU52cAGiFTnKfsPsx\ ZJb_MX_PS_RM`UH`WB`Z6``1Za5Ya9WaDVaHTaLSaPRaSRcQQe\ OQhMQjKPlIPnGPqEOsCOuAOw8Oy7Sr8Wk8Ze9bZ9fS9iMAmFAp\ 9AoEEnJHmOKlTOkYRjaUceXg_ZoIVjV`mQbqLdtGfwBheTuiPs\ lLqpHosDmw9krnqteovXmwOlyFjjRtmNrpKprGnuDlx9jZwZei\ alXdsJgMcDQ`GTYJXVM_SOcPRfNUiKXmHZpEatBdw8gDffNZgX\ ShfKhpDiV3CY4F`4Ib4Le4Oh5Rj5Tm5Wp5Zr6au6dx6gwOvxMt\ xKsxIryGpyFoyDnzBlz9kz7j9DiDCiGCiKBiNBiQAiUAiX9i_9\ ic9if8ij8im7i000010020030 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================