FOTD August 11, 1999 (Zodiac) Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: I named today's fractal picture "Zodiac" not because of its appearance, but rather because I was wishing that I could be somewhere along the path of the solar eclipse. But the eclipse is in Europe and Asia, and I'm stuck here on the East coast of North America. Curiously enough though, if the path of totality were extended beyond the sunrise line, it would cross Maryland. As it is, we will see 20 percent of the sun obscured at sunrise. But alas, we will not even see that tiny event, for it will be overcast at sunrise. While I'm bemoaning our bad luck, I'll remind the fractal fans of the world that today's fractal is not a bad one. The midget is part of the fractal that results when a large amount of Z is subtracted from a little Z^100 and the difference multiplied by a factor of 0.0103. The parameter file is slow, so downloading the image file is strongly recommended. The image file can be found posted to: <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals> and to: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The always unimportant weather was partly cloudy and quite a bit warmer. The midday temperature of 88F (31C) was perfect for fractals of all ages, both liberal and conservative. And don't ask what a liberal fractal is. If you're not totally confused by this time, check here again next time, which will be in 24 hours plus or minus 1-1/2 hours. You'll be totally and absolutely confused if you do. Until then, take care of your pet fractal, and if you have no pet fractal, get one immediately. They work wonders for high blood pressure. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 19.6 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Zodiac { ; t=0:13:12.57 on a p233, 640x480 reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+1.664072112263802/+0.3928892632790632/2.\ 145788e+007/1/-5 params=0.01/100/-100/1/-0.9897/0 float=y maxiter=12000 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=267 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000DGNCHKBIK<6>6IS6IT7IU<10>CHdCHeDHeDHe<16>K\ Fa<5>mkw<28>6Fg<10>`Ztm`u<3>zgyzkzzgrwfkrecmeX<6>EaN\ <13>SW4<18>2ju<8>oajn`io_hp_hqZg<3>ubevcewcdwcc<13>w\ cXwcWwcWwcW<78>wcU } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 19.6 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================