FOTD -- November 07, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image we move on to the 'mandel' formula. What was the first fractal I saw on a computer screen? It was the Mandelbrot set. In which fractal have I done the most exploring? It is the Mandelbrot set again. What is the best fractal of them all? This really is a meaningless question, but if the question had meaning, the answer might be the Mandelbrot set a third time. Attractive fractals are so easy to find in the Mandelbrot set that searching there is almost like cheating. I am not ready to say that I cheated when I found today's image, but I found it so easily that the search was almost automatic. The midget in the image is located on a bug-like feature on a side-spike extending from the northwest shoreline of the main bud of the large midget on the negative X-axis of the Mandelbrot set, very near the point where the spike changes from a chaotic, zig-zagging trail to an almost straight line. I named the image "Fractal Squiggles". The squiggly rays radiating from the midget inspired the name. I rated the image at a 7. It is above average, though the rating is somewhat arbitrary, as I have not determined a reference standard. The render time of 15-3/4 minutes results in an overall value of 444. The finished GIF file of the image will soon be posted on the FOTD web site, which may be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Except for a slightly chilly temperature of 55F 13C, the condi- tions here at Fractal Central on Saturday were ideal. The cats agreed, and were as good as cats can possibly be. Nothing but their regular meal was needed. Today is starting much the same. Things look good for the duo. For me, it's a slow day. I have a few e-mails to reply to and another fractal to find. I will return in 24 hours with that fractal. Until then, take care, and be at ease in the universe of fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Squiggles { ; time=0:15:44.77--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.7770821624818612711/0.00661321891750\ 3051743/1.606645e+016/1/-75/1.31075705844807544e-0\ 14 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=215 periodicity=10 colors=000A0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA\ 5AFAAKFFPKKUPPZUUcZZhccmhhrmmwnrumqsjnrdkp_ioVfmRc\ lM`jHZiDWg8Tf4Rd4Pc4Oa4M`4L_4JY4IX4GV4FU4DT4CR4AQ4\ 9P48W8JbBTiEcoHmmKmkMmjOmhQmfSmeUmcWmbYm``mZbmYdmW\ fmUhmTjmRlmQnmOkkNijMgiLdhKbgJ`fIYeHWdGUcFRbEPaDN`\ CK_BIZAGY9EXDEYHEZLEZPE_TE`XE``EadEbhEblEcpEdtEdta\ VtyLqvMosMmpMkmMijMfgMddMbaN`ZNZWNWTNUQNSNNQKNOHNQ\ LMSOLURKWUJYXIZ_I`cHbfGdiFflEhoDirDfpGcnJamMZkPXiS\ UhUSfXPe_McbKaeH`gFZjCXmAWp7Us5Tu6St6Ss6Sr6Rq6Rp6R\ p7Qo7Qn7Qm7Pl7Pk7PkCUlHZlMbmRgmWln`pnOH8KEHGCQD9Y9\ 7f65n88l9BkAEjBHiCJgDMfEPeFSdGUcIWaJX`KY_LZZN_XO`W\ PaVQbUScSTdRUeQVfPWgOUfRSfUQeXOe_MdbKdeIdhGckEcnCb\ qAbt9bwC`vF_uIYtKXsNWrQWrSWqVWpYXo__nbbneemghljkkm\ njoqjmt_kwPnzFrzQwz`yzFzzLzzPzzfzzezzczzbzzazzbzzc\ zzezzfzzhzzizz`zzSzzJzzAzzRzzfzzgzzhzzizzezzizzjzz\ kzzVzzczzmzzlzzlzzlzzQzzJ } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================