FOTD -- April 01, 2005 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The philofractal version of today's discussion includes an intro- duction that has been omitted from the Fractint version. For the present moment, we have a fractal to discuss, a fractal sliced in the Elliptic direction through the Julibrot, a fractal that I have named "Forever Plunging". The image is a scene some- where in the area of the Julibrot associated with East Valley of the Mandelbrot set. The rather silly looking double spirals with big swollen noses are there. These are familiar enough, but the straight edge that plunges beneath the surface is something seen in neither the Mandelbrot nor the Julia fractals. The vague clouds of streaming gnats on the left side of the image are also things never seen in the usual fractals. The rating of a five seems appropriate for such an undistinguished fractal. The render time of over 17 minutes is a bit slow, but can be avoided by downloading the completed image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The skies remained cloudy on Thursday here at Fractal Central, but the rain failed to appear and the temperature reached 57F 14C, which was warm enough for the fractal cats, who spent several hours in the yard, watching for signs of trouble. The trouble never arrived, and the day ended peacefully. This morning is starting partly cloudy and mild, with rain once again forecast for later in the day. Let's hope it's after the duo has completed their adventure. My adventure will be in the world of fractals, the next of which will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and stay alive. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Forever_Plunging { ; time=0:17:48.96--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=Elliptic passes=1 center-mag=-1.74999879673820800/+0.029633317461659\ 14/374226.5/0.6607/154.945604920469151/54.48173673\ 55804052 params=0.67/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=bof61 logmap=53 periodicity=10 colors=000ZZmNGQPHTPIWPKYPL`PMcPNePOgPPgSOfUNdUN`U\ M_ULYSLVQKTOJSMIRKHQIGPGHOFIMFJKGKMHLOIMQJNSKOULPW\ MQXNRWOSVPTUQUTRTSSRRTPQTNPSLORJNRHMQFLPDKPCJUGIZK\ HcOFgRFlVEqZDvbCuaDuaEuaFtaGtaHtaItaJsaKsaKsaLraMr\ aNraOraPqaQqaRqaRpaSpaTpaUpaVoaWoaXoaYnaYnaZna_na`\ maamabmacladladlaelafkagkahkaijajjakjakjaliamiania\ ohaphaqharharfbpebndclccjbdiadg`ee_ecZfaYf`XgZWgXV\ hVUhTTiSSiQRjOQjMPkKOkJNlHMlFLmDKmBJnAIn8Ho6Go4Fn2\ Fo3Fo3Fo4Fo4Fo5Fp5Fp6Fp6Fp7Fp7Fp8Fq8Fq9Fq9FqAFqAFq\ BFrBFrCFrCFrDFrDFrEFsEFsFFsFFsGFsGFtHFtHFtIFtIFtJF\ tJFuKFuKFuLFuLFuMFuMFvNFsNFrOFqOFpPFoPFnQFmQFlRFkR\ FjSEiSFhSGgTHfUHeWIdYJc_KbcGagK`kOZnRYnVZjZ_fa`be`\ aha_lbYpcWsdUwdSzcRycQxcPwbOvaNv`Mu_LtZKsYJrXIrWHp\ VGoUGnTGmTGlSGkRFjQFiQFhPFgOFfOEeNEcMEbLEaLE`KD_JD\ ZJDYIDXHDWGCVGCUFCTECRDCQDBPCBOBBNBBMABL9AK8AJ8AI7\ AH6AG6AF8DF9GEAIEBLECODEQ } frm:Elliptic {; Jim Muth imag(z),real(c) z=flip(imag(pixel))+p1, c=real(pixel)+p2: z=sqr(z)+c, |z| <= 16 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================