FOTD -- November 20, 2009 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: We seem to be stuck in a fractal lean period. An infinity of great fractals lie somewhere, waiting to be discovered, but I can't find a single one. Oh well, these slow periods seem to come and go. Sooner or later I'll find a super image. Today's image is simply average -- a minibrot that lies on the eastern edge of the curiously-shaped parent fractal that results when Z^2 is combined with Z^100 before C is added. This parent is shaped like a Mandelbrot set lying inside a Z^100 Mandeloid and partially obscured by it. Today's image is nothing that has not been seen several times before. I gave it a little extra coloring effort, not enough however to raise its rating above an everyday 5. The name is pure nonsense. The calculation time of 1-1/3 minutes will pass like a Leonid meteor, a few of which were visible here at FC this past week. The trip to the FOTD web site will be almost as much fun as a meteor storm. The web site may be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy clouds and occasional rain spoiled Thursday here at Fractal Central. The temperature of 57F 19C was mild enough, but it's hard to be comfortable when rain is falling. The fractal cats, mascots of FC, slept through all of it. My day was uneventful. Could anything be less interesting than that? The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and why are we here in the Milky Way Galaxy instead of out there in the Andromeda Galaxy? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Once_Again_Fractal { ; time=0:01:19.58-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.07466919198208906/-0.027207195754955\ 13/3.353469e+011/1/-132/0 params=1/100/1/2/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=316 inside=0 logmap=60 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000UAzUAzSAwQAtOAqMAnKAkIAhGAeEBcDHcGNcITcL\ YcPcZUiUcoPmuKqzKryUrxcvwmuzzuzzuzzzsmzrczqYzpazod\ zngvmkrnnmmqmmtmonmohmncmmYjkTfiVcgX`eZYc_VaaS_cPY\ eLXfIVhFTjCRl9Pm6No3Lq0Kr1Kl2Kf3K`4KVzzPzzJzzEzzZz\ zYzzYzzYzzYzzYzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzWzzWzzWzzWzzWzzUdzz\ czzazz_zzZzzXzzVzzUzzSzzQzzPzzNzzLzzKzzVzzXzzhzzbz\ zzzzkzzezzazz9zzIzzQzz5zzFzzPzz_zzZzzNzzTzzzzcmzbg\ zRazFbzHczJdzLezMVzOLzQBzSJzOQzKczh`zTezsazZrzflzZ\ gzSbzLKzoOzeRzXVzNizoczX4ziJzUWzaXzUYzMQzGSzwNzPhz\ zbzafzbizjez_azP3zIOz5TzAWzAXzCZzpYzcYzRwzvjz_dzp`\ zXlzyhzmdza`zQIzJbzI`zGZzFAzFGzEMzESzEIzKQzHzzxrzl\ kz`dzPizEezEazEZzlYzVAzyMzauzlPzoSzbVzQkzjgzadzU`z\ MAzfGzZMzSSzLmzDgzEbzEbzlNzbRzUVzM2zRDzMOzICzdIzYN\ zRTzKZzmYzdYzWYzN6zXGzQPzK1zv0zh9z`HzTQzL1zs3zUJzM\ 4zvhzhdzY`zOlzrdzYAzrIzdQzRKz`lzwdz`uzb_zjZzazzUzz\ MTwr3z4HzWQzNxzGjzF2zuCz` } 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=========================================