FOTD -- January 22, 2010 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image rates an 8, which includes a whopping 2 points for my quasi-expert coloring. Without the colors, the image would take its place among the countless hordes of everyday routine images with a rating of about a 6. An order 2.5 minibrot lies at the center of the image, but don't even think of trying to reach it. The image as it is has a magnitude of over 2*10^13. A magnitude of around 10^16 would be necessary to resolve the minibrot, a magnitude well beyond the capability of the standard math routine. The image lies in the East Valley area of its parent. More accurately, it lies where an East Valley should be found. The parent fractal actually has a bud where the valley should be. The name "Candied Valentine" refers to the valentine-like colors and the fact that Valentine's Day is just over 3 weeks off. The calculation time of 3 minutes is brief enough to make the calculation a pleasure. The pleasure part may be avoided how- ever by visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the completed image is or soon will be posted. Ample sun and a temperature of 41F +5C kept the fractal cats satisfied here at Fractal Central on Thursday, while less work than usual kept me satisfied. FL was satisfied when I turned off the politics on the 'news' channels and started watching the coverage of the heavy weather in sunny California. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours, if not sooner. Until then, take care, and when a fractal is said to be in critical condition, it means the fractal is in perfect health. It's too bad people are not fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Candied_Valentine { ; time=0:03:02.07-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=+0.1218451743767719/+0.0186081003847881\ /2.351428e+013/1/-144.25/0 params=2.5/-2.5 passes=1 maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 logmap=-335 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000U4TU5TV6TV7TP8HN9KMANKBRJCUHDXFE`EFcCGfB\ Hj9Im8Jp9Kq9Mr9Ns9Ot9Qu9SvBUwDWxFYyG_zCaz9cz8ez7gz\ 7iz8kz80090I90IA0JA0JB0KB0KC0LC0LpKbzRspMjcHbYCUS7\ MM3EP2DR2DU2DW2DY2C`2Cb2Cd2Cg2Bi2Bl2Bn2Bp2As2AuNAz\ NAyN9xN9wN9vL9t99sA9rB9qC9qD9pF9oG9oH9nI9nJ9oNEpQI\ qTMrWQsZUsaYtcXtdXteWtfWtgVtiVtjUukUulTumTuoSvpSws\ RxvRyzRzwSztSzrSzpSznSzmSzmSzmSzmTxmTumTsmTrmTrmUr\ mVrmWrmWqmWpmXomXnmXmmYkmYimYgmZemZcmZam__l_Yk_Wj_\ XiZYhZZgZ_fZafYYfYTeZPdZKc_Gb`Ba`7aa2abCzzLosUeucV\ vlLxvAzi9lW7YJ6K545D5BL6HT7O`8UiA`h9Zf8Wd7Tc6Ra5O_\ 3LX4MU5OR7PO8RKATG7aC4j70sWGXtX98pbNsNNnLMhJLbHLYF\ KSDJMBIG8ahVahV`iW`jW_kXOq`BwdKhiUUncEseKmhRgjYamd\ WpkPRZzRWWRS1TU2VW4YY6_`8abAddCffEiiGicLhYQgSVgQXg\ O_fMafKdfIfeGieEkdBn_HZVNIQU1ZUAgUJpTSjZQdeNZkLTrI\ NcEHPAB95DqD8n_3kwI_kYN_mANjHMfOKbVJZaHVhGRoEUnEXm\ E_kDbjDeiDhgCkfCndBk`EhXH } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================