FOTD -- November 02, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal was calculated by the next formula in line, the 'lambdafn' formula, which is another formula that one must become familiar with before its maximum potential can be realized. I worked with the formula less than an hour, so it is questionable whether the formula's maximum potential actually has been realized in today's image. My opinion is that nothing out of the ordinary has been achieved, and I rated the image at at an average 5 accordingly. The render time of 22 seconds raises the overall worth to a shocking 1351. The image looks exactly like the sun as seen through a fractal desert sandstorm, and that is what I named it. The 'recip' function is responsible for the grittiness that fills the frame, though I am responsible for the wan color of the sun feebly shining through the dust and sand in the upper left corner. The swirling sand clouds are truly fractal. This airborne sand maintains its totally random appearance, with occasional false hints of a pattern, all the way down to the limit of resolution. This might be the actual nature of the formula or it might be due to a quirk in the math routine. Whatever it is, the result is striking enough to earn the status of FOTD for today. To see the sandstorm, put on your goggles and run the included parameter file. It runs in a lightning-fast 22 seconds. Or forget the goggles and download the completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Monday was another near-perfect day here at Fractal Central, with lots of sun and an afternoon temperature of 66F 19C. The cat duo enjoyed it to the fullest, and when the time arrived to return, they came in without complaint to enjoy their supper of tuna and turkey. Today is again starting sunny, but rain is in the forecast. Hopefully, the rain will hold off until the duo has enjoyed another pleasant day in the fractal yard. For me it looks like another day -- vote, work, then on to the fractals. The best fractal I find will appear as tomorrow's FOTD. Until then, take care, and regardless of the outcome, we will all win. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Sandstorm { ; time=0:00:22.19--SF6 on a P200 reset=2003 type=lambdafn function=recip passes=1 center-mag=8.07451/-7.24725/0.08046668 params=1/0.4 float=y maxiter=255 bailout=900 inside=bof61 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000hQNcZzzmmzm`zz_kzZzzZczfzzmzzhzzdzz`zzXz\ zTzzXzz_zzbzzezzlzzszzuzzwzz3zz7zzAzz9zz8zz8zz7zz6\ zz6U1dQf4Pd8ObCN`GMZKX`_SVdOPhJJmFEqDKnBQkAWi8af7g\ d5ma4r_8hcCZfGPjJFmMJnONoRRoTVpVZpX`hYaaZbU_dN`eFa\ f8bg1`dBZbLX`UVZcTXmSVvQXpOZk8jbIlaSm``o`jp_sq_XJK\ ZLJ`MIbNHdPHfQGhRFjSFcQOXOXQMdJKmCJuILpOMlUNg_OcdP\ _bSbaVe`YhedcjkZorUtxQjwR`vSRvTHuU8uU9kZAacBThCJmD\ AqSDkeGffEcfDafCZfBXgAVg9Sg8Qg7OjLVmYapkhrxoqwkqvh\ qudquaptZpsVprSprPqkTrdXrZ`sSdsMhtFlt9poOkkbfgqb`l\ cVhdOdeI_fBWg5Sh7Ni8IjADjB8kC4kYHTrTAgdEYoIaoNeoSh\ RPj2M4rMAfUFWaKLhDYZ7jP1vF2k`3au5Yl7Ud9RXBNPDKHNJM\ XIQeHUoGYxFaXofUhhSaiPVjNOlKHmIAnG3oLFhQQaVaV_lOcw\ HbtLaqPanT`kX`i_chefgjhfoketmeyihuejqammZoiVreRtaN\ wYKyUZlVl_WvGTmKUeNUYQUPUUHXU9_UDWXHSZKP`OLbRIdVEf\ YBh`CgcDgfEgiFflGfoHfqHfnKekMehOdeQdbSdmWlxZsuYisY\ _qYQoYGmY7jveiudiuchubhua } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================