FOTD -- August 03, 2011 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's scene lies in Seahorse Valley of a minibrot that lies in the East Valley of a larger but still tiny minibrot far out on the main spike of the Mandelbrot set. The image shares both Seahorse Valley and Elephant Valley characteristics. I named the image "Fractal Marmalade" because of the original coloring, which has been changed toward the green side since I coined the name. The rating of a 7 is about average for these deep images, but the necessary slowness holds things down a bit. The calculation time of just under 1/2 hour is admittedly slow. Time may be saved by viewing the finished image at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> or in high-definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Heavy clouds and occasional rain spoiled Wednesday here at Fractal Central. The temperature of 75F 24C was comfortable enough, but with the rain falling, who cared. The fractal cats grabbed a couple quick glances of the outside conditions before settling to sleep for most of the day, while the humans made it through the day with only a few minor hangups. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. It will be another scene deep in the Mandelbrot set. Until then, take care, and do you ever get the feeling that things are not exactly as they appear? Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Marmalade { ; time=0:29:32.17-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.9405\ 2414880440053986394/4.901005085960791676e-6/2.8572\ 34e+019/1/32.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 bailout=16 inside=0 mathtolerance=0.05/0 colors=000QcrUcqTcrTcrScsScsRcsRctQctQ`tPYuPVuPSuV\ Pt_NseKsjIrpFruDqzBquGnpKlkPjfThaXfXadSebOi`NibNic\ MidMieLifLigKihKiiJijJikIilIimzinziozipziqz`bzTOz2\ 3zL9zaGzcEzeDzhCzjAzk9wk8vj7ti8rg8oe9ia9cWAZOAUJBQ\ GBMCCK7CI4DG5D9A8EDDIGIMFMQDRUBVYA_a8ce6hi5lh8jgAi\ fCheEgdHfcJebLdaNcbRc`PbZObXNbVLbTKaSJaQHaOGaMF`KD\ `JC`HB`F9_D8_B7_97bA6_A6YA6WA6TA6RA6PB5MB5KB5IB5FB\ 5D864B5BE5HG5OJ5UM5`N1gO5fP9fQDfRHeSLeTPeUTdVWdW_d\ XdcYhcZmc_pb`rb`sb_s_YsYWrWUqUTpSRoQPnONlMLkKKjIIi\ GGhEEgCCfA8c0Be8DfGFgNHhVJibNnjLjiKghJdgHafGZeFThF\ WdFZ`FaXFcTFfPFiLFlHFnDFq9Ft5Fv2ikrcmsYotSquMsuGuv\ Aww5xwqhpnfokeoicnfbndama_m_ZlXYlUWkVWjWXiXXhYYgZY\ f_Ze_Zd`_c`_ba`aa``aa_baZb`Yb_XaZY`X__UbYSdXPgWNiU\ KlTInSFqSEsRDsRCpQBkQAgQAdO9`N8XL7TJ6PF6MA5I54E03A\ 526A2AF1FI1KL0PL0UO1XQ1_S1bV1eX1gZ1iY6kXAmXFmWJmWP\ jJUjGZmCcp9cs6cvBcuGctLcs } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================