; Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:08:16 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-10-02 (Julia Railyard [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021003100938.0daf1490@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- October 03, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I do not usually put much effort into searching for Julia sets. ; It's not that I consider them less interesting, but rather that ; I spend most of my fractal time searching for quadratic midgets ; in fractals created by the MandelbrotMix4 formula. Occasionally ; however, I do venture into Julia territory, (as well as all the ; other territories that exist in the world of four dimensions). ; And of all the julia sets I have stumbled upon, none is more ; curious than the one in today's image. ; ; The julia object that fills today's image is truly indescrib- ; able. It might be some bizarre alien creature from outer space, ; or some weird heraldry design. Whatever else it resembles, the ; image is obviously full of the same railway-track filaments that ; appeared in the 2 most recent FOTD's, and it is these tracks ; that led to the name "Julia Railyard". ; ; At the two main branching points, as well as the smaller points, ; open rectangles appear. These are virtually perfect rectangles. ; I know of no more-perfect rectangles in all the world of ; fractals. In the past, I have posted several FOTD images of ; strange things that happen to these rectangles when the paramet- ; ers are changed even slightly, and the even stranger things that ; happen to the rectangles, as well as the entire Julia fractal, ; when the view is rotated in the fourth dimension. ; ; I have rated the picture a 6, mostly because I am familiar with ; the scene. If I had just discovered the image, I would have ; rated it a 7 or 8. No formula is included in the parameter file ; because it uses the built-in julzpower formula already in the ; Fractint program. ; ; The 1-1/2 minute render time at SF5 resolution is quite reason- ; able, but as always, the pre-rendered GIF image is available on ; the WWW at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather Wednesday was a bit too warm to be ideal, ; especially for early October. The temperature of 88F 31C and ; hot sun kept the dynamic duo in the shade of the holly trees ; most of the afternoon. Only when the sun left the porch did ; they return to their porch chairs. ; ; And I've got a bit too much work ahead of me for my situation to ; be considered ideal. But a bit of effort applied in the right ; places can soon change that situation. Until I get started, I ; can't get finished however, so until tomorrow, take care, and ; the fourth dimension was here yesterday. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Julia_Railyard { ; time=0:01:29.00--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=julzpower center-mag=-1.11022e-016\ /8.32667e-017/6.666667/1/-90/3.88578058618804789e-\ 016 params=-1.7435/0/2.003/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 logmap=5 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=0000000000000000000400600A06E0AG0CJ0EL0GN0H\ P8HRGJVNLXVNZbP`iPbqRexTgzVizXkzXmzgqxquXzv6zqCzkG\ zeLz`PzXVzRZzLdzGgzCmz6qz0vz0zz0zz8usPmgdekggmiiqm\ ksokusmxuozxqzzqzzszzuzzuzzmzxgzsbzoVziPzeJz`CzX6z\ T0zR4zP8zLCxJGvHJuGNsERsAVq8Zo6bm4ek2ii0mg0qe0ud0x\ d0z60Z0060280680880C80E82HA8LACNAHRALTARXAV`C`bCde\ CigCmkCqmCZvHGzN0zT0zZ0zV0zR0xP0sL0kH0dG0XC0R80J60\ C2060i0uk0sk0qk0qk0om0om0mm0km0km0io2io2go4go6eo6d\ q8dq8bqAbqC`qCZsEZsGXsGXsHVsHVkJTeLRZNRTPPNRPGTNAV\ L2XL0ZJ0`J0ZL0ZN0ZP0ZR0XT0XV0XX0XZ0V`0Vb0Vd0Ve0Vg0\ Zd0``0bX2dT8gPCiLGkHLmEPqCVs8Zu4bv0gz0kz0qz0uz0xz0\ qz0kv0eq0`k4Ve8NbEHXHCRN6LR0GX0C`0z00z00v00m00h00c\ 00Z00U00S40Q80OC0MG0KH00H00H00H04H0AH0GH0LH0RH0XJ0\ bJ0gJ0mJ0sJ0xJ0zJ0zJ0zJ0zJ6zLRoLkbLzNLzALzGPzJRzNT\ zRVzVXzZZub`qebmidgmedqg`uiVxkRzmNzoRzgTzbVzXXzRZz\ L`zEbz8dz2ez0gz0iz0gz0000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;