FOTD -- March 20, 2010 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's FOTD is not only late, it is not even a new one. The image has already appeared once as a FOTD under the name "Skyscape". Well, today it appears under the name "Secret Sky". The lateness happened because FL and I went back to Old Fractal Central on Friday, where we and my sister had a little ceremony as we laid to rest Thomas, the 20-year-old last remaining original fractal cat. His worn-out body now lies peacefully in the holly patch, where he and his brother Tippy spent so many years together, lurking and watching for trouble. As for the fractal, it has a kind of heavenly feeling to it, which I guess is appropriate. Since the image is a repeat, I gave it no rating. The calcula- tion time of 2 minutes should cause little impatience. The image is also available on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The conditions were perfect back at Old Fractal Central on Friday, with full sun and a temperature of 75F 24C. The new fractal cats were happy when we returned, so I assume conditions were equally perfect up here. The next FOTD will be posted in around 12 hours. Until then, take care, and be a fractal genius. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Secret_Sky { ; time=0:01:59.08-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandNewt12 passes=1 center-mag=0.8424/\ 5.7563/1.0045/1/-85/0 params=-0.045/-1.979/2.404/\ 1.434/4.306/6.143 float=y maxiter=145 inside=bof61 logmap=yes periodicity=0 colors=000KFKKFKKFKKIKKIKKIKKIK0DL0DN0BN0BN0BO0BO0\ BO0BQ0BQ0BR0BR0BR0BR0BT0BT0BT0BV0BV0BV0BX0BX09X09Y\ 09Y09Y09_09_09_09a09a09b09b09b09b09d09d09d09f09f09\ g08g08g08g08i08i08i08i08i08i08i08i08i08i08i08i08i0\ 8i08i06i08i08i09i09i09i09i09i0Bi0Bi0Bi1Bi2Di2Di4Dk\ 4Ek6Ek8Ek8Ek9Gk9GkBGlDGlDInEIpEIpGJqIJqIJsJJsJLwLL\ wNLwNLwONwONwQNwOLtQNwQNwQOwQOwQOwQOwROwRQwRRwRRwR\ SwRSwRSwTSwTTwTVwTVwTVwTVwTYwVYwVYwX_wX_wY`wY`x_mx\ amxcmxemxgmxwrypmzwrzrmzwtzrpzwvzrrzwxzrrzzzz00000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\ 0000000000000000000000000 } frm:MandNewt12 {; Jim Muth z=g=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2), d=imag(p2), e=real(p3), f=imag(p3): h=z^a+(g-1)*(z-b) j=c*z^d+g z=z-e*h/(f*j), .0000000000000000000000000000005 <= |h| } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================