FOTD -- January 23, 2011 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: An unexpected antiquing trip arose Saturday morning here at FC, and by the time we returned, the sun had nearly set. To make things worse, extra work had come in by e-mail while we were away, forcing me to turn to the hyper-fast Mandelbrot set for a fractal in a hurry. Today's image is a scene in a small side spiral on the northwest shore line of the Mandelbrot set. It's something that has often been seen before, but I did put extra coloring effort into it, which allows a rating of a not-too-bad 7. The name "The Edge of Forever" refers to the limitless infini- ties that lie in the M-set, beyond today's scene. The calculation time of under 3 seconds shows how fast the type=mandel formula runs. The pre-calculated image is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The traditional FOTD site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> My own web site is coming along, but far too slowly. The temperature here at Fractal Central rose from a morning low of +7F -14C to an afternoon high of 19F -7C. But despite the cold, the sun was very strong, and the fractal cats took full advantage of the afternoon sun on their window shelf. When we returned from the antiquing expedition, they leaped from the shelf and ran to the door to greet us and complain about our absence. Unfortunately, when we checked the work, we found an unexpected job waiting. The rest of the day was busy. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and bring it to completion. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheEdge_of_Forever { ; time=0:00:02.85-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-0.5252836856416\ /+0.5225261871496/5.846441e+008/1/175/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 bailout=6 inside=0 logmap=-814 colors=000AFbAGaAH`AI_AJZBKYCLXEMYFN`GPcKRcOVgSZkW\ aoZdo_hqajsclwenzdpsdnuckzahz_dzZbzX`vVYrTWmRUhPSc\ NPZLNUJLSHIPFGNDELBCJADMADOAERAETAFWAFYAG`BGbDGdGH\ gJHiMJlPKnSMqVNsYPv`QxcRzcQyZPxUNwPMuKKsFJqAHo6Gm6\ Fj5Fh5E_5ES4EQ4DO3DM3CJ2CG2BD2BA1AA1AA09A09A09A6BN\ 6DL7FL7HK8IU8Kc9Mm9OmAQcARUAQKAPJBPHBOFBODBNB2L84N\ 95O96PA8RA9SBATBCVCDWCEXDGYDH_EI`EKaELcFMdFOeGPfGQ\ hHSiHTjIUlIWmJXmJYmJYmJZmEcm9cm7cm5cmFcmPcmYcmgccu\ cUpJMlNMhRLcVK_YKWaJSeINiIJmHFpHBmJDkKEiPFfSGdUHbW\ I_YJY_KWaLTcMReNPfOMgPKhQIiRFjSDkTBlUDmRFmPGmNImLK\ mJLmHNmFPmDRmAQmBQmBQmBPmBPmBPmBPmBOmBOmBOmBOmBNmB\ NmBNmBMmBMmBMmBMmBLmBLmBLmBAmBLmBWmLap`gsfmvfryfsz\ gtzhuziuzjvzlwzmxznyzoyzptzmozkjziezfazdXzbSz_NzYK\ zTJzWJzZIzaIzdHzfHziGzlGzoGzqSzUcz6fzCizIlzOozUrz_\ uzexzkzzpxznvzltzjrzhpzfnzelzcjzahz_fzYdzWbzV`zTZz\ RXzPVzNTzLRzKPzINzGnzLnzN } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================