FOTD -- April 21, 2008 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I'm still a bit down about losing Tippy on Saturday, so my usual fractal enthusiasm might be a bit suppressed. But there is a fractal for today nonetheless, and not a bad one at that. Today's image takes us back to that most famous of all parent fractals, the Mandelbrot set, where we check a scene deep in Scepter Valley, which is the valley at -1.25 on the X-axis. I could not honestly give a rating or a name to the image, which I found almost without effort. The slow calculation time of 30 minutes can be cut to 18 seconds by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'iter' instead of 'tdis'. But doing this misses the best part of the image. An alternative way to save time is to view the calculated image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A partly cloudy, rather pleasant morning here at Fractal Central on Sunday gave way to a heavily overcast afternoon, with a temperature of 63F 17C and intermittent heavy showers. The fractal cats ignored the rain as they took the day off. With the rain saving me from an afternoon of yard work, my day was slow enough. The next FOTD fractal image will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and give yourself at least a ghost of a chance. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FOTD_For_Apr_21_08 { ; time=0:29:57.34-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.25000687812826500/+0.001998204548718\ 07/2.730733e+010/1/15/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=100000 bailout=9 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000LVpPUqUTrZSsbSsZMqVHoRCmN7kK2jM6fNAcOE`P\ IYQMVSQRTUOUYLVaIWdFUbLTaQS_VRZ_QXdPWiOUnNTsMSxPOV\ SK1VI5XH8_GBaFEdEIfDLhCOkBRmAVp9Yr8`t7cq9aoA`mBZkD\ YiEXgFVeGUcITaJR_KQYMPWNNUOMSPLUOOWNQXMTZLV`KXaJ_c\ IaeIdfHfhGhjFkkEmmDpoCrpCtiAqc9nY7kS6hM5eLDfKKgJRh\ JYhIdiHkjHrjMmgRieVec_`adX_hTYmOWrKUvGSxwUvqTulTtg\ SrbSqYRpTRnOQmJQlEPk9PdGXZNdTUlVXiW_gXbdYeb_h_`kYa\ nVbqTctReqRfoRhmRikRkiRlfRndRobRq`RrZRpYPoYOnYNmYM\ lYKkYJjYIiYHgXFfXEeXDdXCcXAbX9aX8`X7SOJJFVB6fFBhJG\ jNLlQQmUVoY_qadsdit_mjVpaRtTMwKIzBGtGFnKEiODcTCZXA\ T`9Ne8Ii7Cm67q98oB8nD8mF8lI8kK8jM8iO8hR8gT8fV8eX8d\ _8ca8bc8ae8`_BQUEFPH4SVRVhlXdkZak`YkbVkcRkeOjgKjiH\ jkDjlAjhPgdcdbbeabe`be_afZafYafW`gV`gU`gT_hS_hR_hQ\ _hNcgKggIkgFofDsfAwf8zfAuhBpjCllDgnEcpDdqDerCfrCgs\ BhtBitChsDgsEfsEesFdsGcrHbrHarI`rJ_rJZrIYqHXpGWoFV\ oEUnDTmCSmR``LZeGYjBXnGWo } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================