CLASSIC FOTD March 12, 1999 (Edge-on Galaxy) Fractal enthusiasts: Today was bright and sunny, but chilly here at Fractal Central. The temperature of 41F 5C was perfect for a journey through fractal land. My journey took me to the same area as yesterday's shamrock fractal. I wrote a new formula just for the trip, which will let me view the scene from an entirely new direction. The angle of the slice has been turned -10 degrees from the Rectangular direction toward the Oblate direction, giving the effect of a galaxy seen edge-on through clouds of interstellar dust. I named the picture "Edge-on_Galaxy" as a straightforward description. And yes, once again I have sinned by loading the GIF file into a graphics program for some fine-tuning: The gently illuminated galaxy is visible on Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where you will find links to lots of hyper-dimensional stuff, and some pretty far-out hyper-fun-stuff also. I've been busy today, so I'll have to cut the discussion short, but the fractal is good enough to make up for a lack of words. After all, one picture of a three-dimensional object is worth a thousand words, so a picture of a four-dimensional object must be worth a million words. Until tomorrow, take care, and don't get lost in the stars. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 19.6 PARAMETER-FORMULA FILE========================= Edge-on_Galaxy { ; 0:01:43.64--SF5 on a P200 reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multimin-xz-yw-new passes=1 center-mag=+0.05750247255816/+0.00097963198354/204\ .5845/0.04123 params=90/-10/3.5/0/0.03907/-0.28621\ /0.8042/0 float=y maxiter=1200 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=16 periodicity=10 colors=000RAWQAVPAUOATNASMARLAQLAQKAPJAOIANHAMGALF\ AKEAJD9JB9J89I6BI4BI1BG0BG0BG0BE0BE0BD0BE0BE0BE0BG\ 0BG0BG0BI0BI0BI0BJ0BJ0BJ0BJ0BL0BL0BL0BL0BN0BN0BN1B\ O1BO1BO1BO2BQ2BQ2BQ4BR4BR4BR6BT6BT6BT6BT8BV8BV8BV9\ BX9BX9BX9BXBBYBBYBBYDB_DB_DB_DB_E9aE9aE9aG9bG9bG9b\ I9dI9dI9dI9dJ9fJ9fJ9fL9gL9gL9gL9gN9iN9iN9iO9kO9kO9\ kO9kQ9lQ9lQ9lR9nR9nR9nT9pT9pT9pT9pV9qV9qV9qX9sX9sX\ 9sY9tY9tY9tY9t_9w_9w_9wYDt_9w_8xa6za4za1zb0zb0za0z\ a0zb0zb0zb0zd0zd0zd0zd0zd0zf1zf1zf2zf2zf2zg4zg4zg4\ zg6zi6zi8zi8zi8zi9zk9zkBzkBzkDzkDzlEzlEzlEzlGxnGxn\ GxnIxnIxnJxpJxpJxpLwpLwpNwpNwqOwqOwqOwsQwsQtsQtsRt\ sRttTttTttVttVttVswXswXswYswYsxYsx_sx_sxaqxaqzaqzb\ qzbqzdqzdqzdqzfpzfpzgpzgpzgpzipzipzkpzknzlnzlnzlnz\ nnznnzpnzpnzplzqlzqlzslzslztlztlztlzwkzwkzxkzxkzxk\ zzkzzkzzkzxlzxlzwlzwlzwlzwnzwnzxpzzqzzszztzzwzzxzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:multimin-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=(-z)^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END 19.6 PARAMETER-FORMULA FILE===========================