FOTD -- April 06, 2012 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is the last in the series based on the parent fractal of April 2. Actually, the series has been a disappointment. Without bias, I can state that they all look pretty much the same to me. Today, for our final venture, we wander into the depths of the chaos southeast of the main Mandeloid of the parent. Unfortunately, what we find there is more of the same mixture of not-very-attractive clumps of chaos and curving filaments. The name "Midnight Dreamworld" is an admitted effort to make a silk purse from a sow's ear. But the fancy words cannot raise the image above the rating of a humdrum 6. The colors, with their effect of oil on a wet pavement, are not bad. More work might have made them better however. The calculation time of 3-1/2 minutes is more than the image is worth. Luckily, the web sites again charge to the rescue. The finished image is posted for all to see on the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> A high-definition rendering is posted at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> All the past images are available at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Total sun and a temperature of 57F 14C made today quite pleasant though a bit chilly here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats would have preferred more sun on their shelf, but were satisfied by an extra treat of cheese and tuna. The humans had an uneventful day, which was not nearly as dull or boring as it might at first appear. The next FOTD, a scene in a whole new world, will be posted in 24 hours. If an adventure arises on Saturday however, the next FOTD could be late. Until whenever, take care, and whenever a trendy cause, such as fighting climate change, is accompanied by a warning of imminent catastrophe, you may be sure the danger has been grossly exaggerated. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= MidnightDreamworld { ; time=0:03:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip float=y center-mag=-35.04627624742518/-45.93923196129789/\ 1.782838e+008/1/-137.5/0 params=-1.3/-3.3/-3.3/\ -1.3/0/0/0/0 maxiter=10000 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=000FZlE_mD_nC`oB`pAaq9arFS8ETCEUFDVJDVMCWQC\ XTBXWBY_AZbA_f9_i9`m8ap8LD8NI8PM8RQ8SV8UZ8Wb8Xg8Zk\ 8`ouyNrwPpvRmuSktUhsWfqXcpZao`ZnaXmcUkeSjfPihNhjKg\ kIemFdoDcpAbrnhHlgIkgJjgKigLhgMgfNffOefPdfQcfRbfSl\ HJlHKlHLlHMlHNmIOmIPmIPmIQnJRnJSnJTnJUnJVoKWoKXoKY\ oKZpL_pL`pLapLbpLbmNakO`iP_fQ_dRZbTY_UYYVXWWWUXVRY\ VP_UN`TKaTIbSGcREdRCcZBbeAap9alDcCCcFCcHCcJB8MBAOB\ CQBETAGVAIXAK_AMa9Oc9Qf9Sh9Uj8Wm8Yo8_q000400501613\ 62463564665765966A67B68C69D69E6AG6BH6CI6DJ7DK7EL7F\ N7GO7HP7HQ7IR7JS7KU7LV7MW7MX7NY7OZ7P`7Qa8Qb8Rc8Sd8\ Te8Ug8Uh8Vi8Wj8Xk8Yl8_n8ZoNap8`qdYrpMxnPtmNwnOwjOw\ iPwgPwfQveQvcRvbRvaSv_SvZTvXTuWUuVUuTVuSVuRWuPWtOX\ tNXtLYtKYtIZtHZtG_sE_sD`sC`sAas9asmSJgUObVTYWXTXaN\ ZfI_jD`osHAqIBpICoJDnJEmKFlKGkLHjLIiMJhMKgNLfNMeNN\ dOOcOPbPQaPR`QS_QTZRUYRVXSWWSXUSYTTZST_RU`QUaPVbOV\ cNWdMWeLXfKXgJXhIYiHYjGZk } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================