FOTD -- February 19, 2013 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene in the debris in the western part of yesterday's fractal. Most of the expanse of the image is inside stuff brought to life by the 'fmod' inside fill, though the more detailed elements consist of 'outside' stuff rendered with the 'tdis' option. All this trickery blends together to create an image that, at least in my opinion, rates a 7-1/2, one-half point of which is a bonus for the extra effort I put into the coloring. The name "Erosion" is a comment on the way the scene appeared when I first saw it, with the inside a flat black. The calculation time of 1-1/2 minutes is brief enough to cause no distress to those with other things to do, and slow enough to let a bit of anticipation build. Be a big-time thinker. View the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> and thereby escape the need of calculating it. Enjoy high-definition renderings at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> And check the back images at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> An inch of wet slushy snow fell this morning here at Fractal Central. The clouds continued when the snow ended, but when the afternoon temperature reached 39F +4C the slush vanished almost by magic. The fractal watch cat observed the big fat flakes with interest for a few minutes, then retired to his current favorite sleeping spot, on his blanket on top of the tall bookcase. The humans had a typical day, though FL, who is not feeling up to par and has work to finish, was rather testy. The next FOTD will be posted in the right cosmic time, (if there is such a thing). Until that hopefully eagerly awaited moment arrives, take care, and to solve a difficult problem, become one with the problem. (But don't ask how.) Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Erosion { ; time=0:01:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=cosxx passes=1 center-mag=-1.01074854/+0.01219294/518.3415/1/105/0 params=-2/2.3/1/4.6/-0.02/0/0/0 float=y inside=fmod maxiter=1800 proximity=0.045 outside=tdis colors=000U69V69X69Y69Z69UBAcebdedeffffhd`ccWZbRUa\ MP`HK_CFXBEVBETBEQBDOADMADJ5CH5CF0CG4DG7DHADHKDHPE\ IYEzzEJzEzzFJzFzzFKzFzsFJpIzlLGiOzfRzbUz_XzX_zTbzQ\ e5mh4mk9mhDmfHmcMmaQmZUmXYmUbmSfmPjmNnmLlmMjmMhmMz\ UzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzcz\ zczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzcz`mQcm\ NemKhmHkmEmmCTmY8mrBmqEmpGmoJmnLmmMmcMmVKmXJmZHm_G\ maEmbDmdBmeAmg8mi7mj5ml4mm2mo1mpbITdKReMQfOPgQOhSN\ jULkWKlYJm_InaHheKbiNXlQZiP_fO`cNaaMcZLdWKeUJfRIhO\ HiMGjJFkGEmEDnBCo8Bp6AhCD`IGTOJLUMD_P6eR7fT8fU9gVA\ gXAhYBhZCi`DiaDjbEjdFkeGkfGkgGliHjfIhcIg`JeYKcWKbT\ L`QMZNMYL`iKotJmsUlrdjqoipzknxllwmkvkjujizihzggzbg\ zbfzbezadz`cy_bxZawY`vW_uVZtUYsTXrSWpRVnQUlPTjOShN\ ReMQcLOaKN_JMYILWJOVJQUJTUKVTKYSK_SKbRLdQLgQLiPMlO\ MnOMqNMsNEWoHRmBM4CK4DJ5DI5EH6FF7FE7GD8HC8HA9I99J8\ AJ7AL69M69N69P69Q69R69T69 } 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=========================================