This fractal reminds me of both blades of grass and a kind of seaweed I used to see at the beach where I spent my summer vacations during my youth. I'm succumbing to nostalgia. fract386.gif {;decomp 256 ; blank ; calctime 0:06:02.46 ; created Aug 27, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=_a.frm formulaname=AbsArcTangentbrot2 passes=1 center-mag=0.174778/-0.491699/8.115829/1/-32.5000000000000071/3.88578058\ 618804789e-016 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=mult decomp=256 colors=0Vwqz7rz7rz8sz8sz8tz8uz9uz9uz9tz9tz9tz9sz9sz8sz8rz8rz8rz8qz8qz7qz\ 7pz7pz7oz7oz7oz6nz6nz6nz6mz6mz6mz5lz5lz5lz5kz5kz5kz4jz4jz4iz4iz4iz4hz3hz\ 3hz3gz3gz3gz3fz2fz2fz2ez2ez2dz1dz1cz1bz1ay1`y1_y1_x1Zx1Yx1Xw1Ww1Vw1Uv1Uv\ 1Tv1Su1Ru1Qu1Pt1Ot1Ot1Nt1Ms1Ls1Ks1Jr1Ir1Ir1Hq1Gq1Fq1Ep1Dp1Cp1Co1Bo1Ao19n\ 18n17n16m06l06k06j06i06h06g06f05e05d05c05b05a05`05_05Z04Y04X04W04V04U04T\ 04S04R03P03O03N03M03L03K03J03I02H02G02F02E02D02C02B02A019018017016015014\ 01300100200300400500700800900A00B00D00E00F00G00H00J00K00L00M00N00P00Q00R\ 00S00T00V00W00X00Y00Z00`00a00b00c00d00f00g00h00i00k00k01k02k03l04l05l05m\ 06m07m08n09n0An0Bo0Bo0Co0Dp0Ep0Fp0Gp0Hq0Hq0Iq0Jr0Kr0Lr0Ms0Ns0Ns0Ot0Pt0Qt\ 0Ru0Su0Tu0Tu0Uv0Vv0Wv0Xw0Yw0Zw0Zx0_x0`x0ay0by0cy0dz1dz1ez1ez1fz2fz2gz2gz\ 2hz3hz3iz3iz3jz4jz4kz4kz4lz5mz5mz5nz5nz6oz6oz6pz6pz7qz7 } frm:AbsArcTangentbrot2 {; Tom Schumm ; Attempt to change the shape of the escape boundry z = Pixel, z = Sqr(z): ; Just like mandel z = z + Pixel z = Sqr(z) imag(z) <= abs(1/tan(real(z))+4) ; Different escape boundry ;SOURCE: phong.frm } Roger Alexander