FOTD -- September 13, 2007 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: After a string of really great images, today's effort returns us to the lowlands. But these are not the Z^2+C lowlands; they are the Z^4+C lowlands, where boring everyday minibrots are much easier to find, but where the good ones lie far deeper. Today's scene lies unusually deep in its parent Mandeloid, and thereby escapes the boredom. But it is this extreme magnitude that makes the mathtolerance=0.05/1 entry necessary. The image is located on a short filament leading from a bud on the north- east shoreline of a large midget on the negative X-axis of its parent. This midget corresponds to the large midget at -1.75 on the main spike of the Mandelbrot set. Perhaps the most striking thing about today's scene does not become visible until two full outzooms are done on it, revealing a most un-quartic pattern, more reminiscent of the classic Mandelbrot set than the Z^4+C Mandeloid. The name "Deep in a Quartic" describes the location of the scene. Compared to the most recent fractal winners, today's image rates only a 6, but it is actually a rather pleasant diversion, well worth the few seconds needed to calculate the parameter file, which uses the passes=b option and the super- fast mandel4 formula. Though the parameter file is a fireball, it is still necessary to set up the parameter file for calculation. This small inconvenience may be avoided however by going to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and viewing the finished image there. Wednesday was an absolutely perfect late-summer day, with blue skies and a temperature of 73F 23C here at Fractal Central, but due to the heavier-than-expected work, I had no time to take advantage of the conditions. The fractal cats were too busy romping to notice the weather. The climax came when they got into a heated tussle on the stairs and rolled halfway down, cursing each other loudly. After that they took a break to make up. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours. Could it be another 10 or another lemon? Check back then to see. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Deep_in_a_Quartic { ; time=0:00:10.47-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel4 passes=b center-mag=-1.219\ 512077076407/+0.00327130420977419/2.715843e+013/1/\ -25/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=255 logmap=80 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000A0KA0MA0OA0QA0SB0UC2WD4YH7`LAcPDfTGiWJka\ RjgZimfhsngyvguuuzzzgIPZHFRG6Y`QcuhWebOQXGBSSDhmEz\ c0mZ4hI7cLB_OEVSHQVLMYOH`RDeYNjcXoiftopyuzxvvwvsvw\ puwmtxjsxgsxdmoTggHb_6ZXCVUHSRMOOSKLXHIaSHMaG7bJGc\ MOdPXeSdXUfOVgMZzLbzKezJizHmpGphFt_EwSKsKPpEUmBZj9\ de7i_4nS2sK0nJ4jO8eSCaXGXWKTWNhfEigDjhCiiBhiBhiBgi\ BfiBfiBeizdizdjzcjzcjzbjzajzajz`jz_jz_jzZkzYkzYkzX\ kzXkzWkzVkzVkzUlzTlvTlrUlmVlhWlcXlZYlUZlP_m7`m7am7\ bm6cm6dm6em6fm6gn6hn6in6jn5kn5ln5mn5nn5on5po5qo4ro\ 4so4to4uo4vo4wo4xo4yn5zn6zn7zn8zn9zn9znAznBznCznDz\ nDznEznFznGznHynHxnIwnJvnKunLtnLsnMrnNqoOpoPooPnpQ\ mpRkpSiqTgqUeqUcrVarW_rXYsYWsYUsZTt_Tt`UtaUuaVubVu\ cWvdWveXveXwfYwgYwhZxiZxi_xh_xh`yh`yhayhayhaygbzgb\ zgczgczgdzgdzfdzfezfezffzffzfgzegzegzehzehzeizeizd\ jzdjzdjzdkzdkzdlzclzcmzcmzcmzcnzcnzbozbozbpzbpzbpz\ bozanzamzbmzblzbmzcmzc000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================