[Fractint] FOTD 12-04-13 (Floating Continents [7])

14 Apr 2013

      FOTD -- April 12, 2013 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image is a trip into the world of close-to-linear 
fractals.  The exponent of Z is 1.009, which is not quite linear 
but close enough to give a good idea of how things might go as 
the exponent approaches ever closer to unity but never quite 
reaches it.

I gave the image the unlikely name "Floating Continents".  The 
inspiration most likely was a painting by Magritte, which 
depicts large chunks of landscape floating in a vast empty space.

The parent fractal is another of those very low order torpedoes, 
with today's scene located in a bit of debris at the edge of the 
nearly featureless main bay.  There might possibly be minibrots 
hidden somewhere in this debris, but so far I have found none.

The rating of a 7 is only average; the calculation time is an 
annoyingly slow 13 minutes, but this annoyance can be avoided by 
checking the finished image on one of the FOTD web sites.

Check the finished image at:

      <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html>

and the hi-def versions at:

<http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html>

The back images are at:

       <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/>

Rain with occasional grumbles of thunder hung on most all day 
here at Fractal Central, while the temperature stopped short at 
a rather chilly 50F 10C.  The fractal cat wanted more sun but 
satisfied himself with more food instead.  The humans wanted 
less rain.

The next FOTD will be posted in a number of hours.  The question 
is the exact value of that number.  Until whenever, take care, 
and why have those 'end of the world' shows become so popular on 
TV?  Could it be that people are disturbed by what they see 
coming in the not-too-distant future?

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net

START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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frm:MandelbrotBC3   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)+PI-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================