FOTD -- December 24, 2011 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's carnival-like image is a half evaporated one in the parent fractal that results when 5 parts of Z^(-1.26) are combined with 1/2 part of Z^(-12.6) and (1/C) is added on each iteration. The incredible value of almost 2*(10^21) given the imag(p3) parameter is the escape radius. This value is very critical for the half-and-half effect of the image. The parent fractal is an east-west oriented string of large bays with a filament shooting out northeastward from the easternmost bay and terminating in a ring. This filament is surrounded by a halo of disconnected rings, with today's image located in one of these rings. The rating of an 8 might be a bit on the liberal side, considering that the image is a reworking of a FOTD from a couple years ago. There is little that can be said about the name "Apparition of Nothing". But sometimes, as in today's image, nothing can be something. The calculation time of 25 seconds is a steal. The calculated image is posted on the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition version is available at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A little more sunshine and a temperature of 39F +4C made the day before Christmas an improved one here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats enjoyed the sun while it was shining and took to the house heat when it was not. FL spent the day making last- minute preparations for tomorrow; I spent the day hoping to get through it. If all goes well, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and one of the first rules of debating is to know your opponents' argument better than they do. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= AparitionOfNothing { ; time=0:00:25.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+7.379862680741899/+0.3887433179478767/\ 6.800535e+007/1/-117.5/0 params=5/-1.26/0.5/-12.6/\ 0/1.9405265505e+021/0/0 float=y maxiter=750 inside=bof60 periodicity=10 colors=000jYBi`GhcLgfQfiVghSghQhhOhhM000hlLkjMmiNp\ gOsePudQliOcnNVsrNwKRmLUcLYUM`KMc`cg0NpgD000pW4kL2\ gA0`H2UO4OV6Ha8AhA4nCL7oK8pK9qJArIBsICtL9uO7vQ4wT2\ xV0yY6w_BvbHtdMsfSqiXpkbnmgmkidikVgmM000dq3_l8VgDQ\ cILZNGUSCQXGRYKRZOR_SR`WRaZRbm`3gP6aE8XKCSQGNWKI`O\ DfS8lW4q_EmaNicXeeeagnZhiUgdPg_LgWGfRCfM7fI3fJ9dJF\ bKL`KRZLXXLbVMhTMnRSpOYrMctKivHoxFuzDsvErsFqoFplGo\ iGmcKkYNiSQgMTaJVXHWSEXNCYHAZC7_75`23a5DU7NNAWGCe9\ En2Ho6Kp9NqDPrGSsKVtNYuR_vUL2RSEQYQPdaOjlOrC1mA8h9\ Ec8KZ7RU6XQ5bP6eO7gN8iN8kM9nLApKBrKBtJJfIRUvJFtXof\ gZUrIKgNAXSE`WIc_MgcQjgUnkYqoausdxvdqldjcdcUdXLdQB\ dJ2YL1SN1LP1FR19S1HiKOzbMyYKxTIxOGwJFwEGsKHoQHlWIh\ aIegJamJZsFNiBC`81SDD`IOiNZrUYe`XUgWHnV5ebCXiJOpQG\ wWKtYOr_RpaVncYldl7acDWWJROOMGUH8ZCFcGLgJRlMXpQbuT\ hyWedQcKKaIM`HN_FPZEQXDSWBTVAVU9WYB`aDdeFhhGlcIk_K\ jVMiROhEZE0e7BhALjDWlGenJ } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================