FOTD -- September 11, 2014 (Rating A-8,M-8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today is the 13th anniversary of the 9-11 attack, so in honor of the grisly occasion I have found a fiery looking fractal. I named the image "Fiery Fingers" quite naturally. The parent fractal is the Z^(1.00625)+C Mandeloid as it appears only one turn up the complex hyperspiral. This parent resembles the typical bullet that is so common in fractals in this range of exponents. In fact, the exponent of Z in today's image, 1.00625, is as close to unity as I have yet come. In this ultra low range, very little chaos remains, but there is some, and the next FOTD will show a scene in this unlikely chaos. Today's scene shows no chaos, but rather a field of branch-cut discontinuities resembling a large fire. The fiery effect is totally due to the coloring, which earns the image an artistic value of an 8. The math also earns an 8, due to the ridiculously low value of the exponent of Z, which produces a fractal anyway. The calculation time is the big loser. The 9-1/3 minutes required to complete the image is far more than the scene is worth. But once again, the web sites rush to the rescue. The official FOTD web site is now up and running. It may be accessed at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The other sites are at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> The weather here at Fractal Central today was nondescript. The day brought some clouds, some sun, a few light sprinkles and a temperature of 81F 77C. It amounted to a day to soon be forgotten. The fractal cats forgot the day as soon as it began, with Lida and Jasmine chasing each other up and down the hallway most of the morning, while Nicholas watched the silly girls with curiosity. The next FOTD, which will be very chaotic, will be posted in a day or two or three. Until the moment of revelation arrives, take care, and I want to be a version of me that exists in an alternate reality where total peace prevails. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fiery_Fingers { ; time=0:09:20.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=BranchCutGenHJ passes=1 logmap=1382 center-mag=+0.2231219686/+1.1926346751/11074/1/87/0 params=1.00625/0/0/1 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=0 colors=0000z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z40z80zB0yF0wJ0rO0\ nR0lW0g__0JHFU0ec0zz0zw0zr0zn0yi0re0na0gY0aU4YP8RL\ BLHDHDHB9L66O24P46R66U68U88W88Y99_99_B9aBBcDBcDBcD\ Bp_0eY0WY0LY0BY02W00W80WF0iL0cL0_L0WL0RL0LL0HL0DL0\ UF0LH0FJ09L04O00P00R00P04P0FP0RP0cP0cP0cF0cL0cP0cW\ 0c_0ce0ci0cy0cu0cr0cn0cr0cp0cn0cl0ci0cg0ce0cc0ca0_\ z0Wr0Ra0Jc6BcB6eu0ew0gy0gz0lz0gz0ez0az0_z0Yz0Uz0Rz\ 0Oz0Lz0Jz0Fz0Dz09z08z04z06z06z06z46zB8zJ8zU8za8zyU\ zrKzmAzc0zY0zN0zF0w80w00u00r00p00n00l04i00l00i00i0\ 0g00g00e00e00e00c00c00a00a00c00c00a00_60Y40W20U00R\ 00P00O00L00J00H00F00D00B009008006004002000608B0FH2\ LP6UW8_aBgiDnpHwwJzzLz00z00w40p80lB0gF0aJ0YO0UR0OW\ 4J_9DcD9gJ6lO0pU0uY0iz0nz0rp0wa0zL2z86z09z08z06z04\ z02z00z00z00z40z80z90zD0yH0yJ0lL8aLFPLPFLD00L00R26\ Y6LcB_iFppLzwPzrLznHzlDzg9ye6ra2naBUcBFcD4eD0eD0_6\ 0W00P09L0JH0WB0e80p40zz20 } frm:BranchCutGenHJ { ; Jim Muth, thanks to Hal Lane Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z), Z=exp(p1*(Z+(p2)))+C, |Z|<100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================