; Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:56:48 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-11-02 (The Bluest Atom [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021117085847.0d97e9ba@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- November 17, 2002 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have named today's image "The Bluest Atom". One glance at the ; image will reveal why the atom in the picture is the bluest. ; The atom is the midget at the center of the frame. Mandelbrot ; midgets are sometimes called atoms, as well as Minibrots. ; ; Actual atoms, the kind that the world is composed of, have no ; color. They are far too small. An object's color is determined ; by the wave length of the visible light that it reflects most ; strongly. But atoms do not reflect light at all. Light waves ; are far larger than an atom, and pass by it as though it were ; not there. A deeper question is whether the particles atoms are ; made of are there at all. One would assume something is there ; . . . but is it? . . . ; ; The parent of today's image appears as a large irregular ; Mandeloid bay, with a secondary Mandeloid off to the east. The ; East Valley of this secondary Mandeloid, which is actually on ; the north shore, is split down the middle by a cleft that is ; just starting to open. Today's scene is located in a spiral in ; a weed-choked cove near the shore of this cleft. ; ; The image is broken, much of it consisting of featureless black ; inside areas. I normally try to avoid such broken areas in my ; fractal searches, but sometimes these areas produce unexpectedly ; fine fractals. In today's image, the black areas actually add ; to the overall somber feeling of the scene. ; ; I have rated the image at an average 5. Its feeling of sadness ; holds it down. If the color palette had been cheerier, I might ; have rated the picture at a 6. The render time of 28 minutes is ; unreasonably long for such a gloomy image. To avoid impatience, ; the download from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; is recommended. ; ; It rained steadily all day Saturday here at Fractal Central, ; keeping the dynamic cats confined to the indoors, where they ; passed the day in a very un-dynamic fashion. The temperature of ; 47F 8C did not help at all. Luckily for me, I had stocked lots ; of tuna and turkey, which kept their bad moods under control. ; Today is starting just as rainy as yesterday, so I'll likely ; have to repeat the treats. ; ; As for myself, I'm bored with watching rain, yard work is ; impossible and driving is miserable. After I get a head start ; on this week's design work, I'll probably reduce myself to ; watching a game or two on TV and trying to keep the cats happy. ; The best part of the day will come later, when I shift into my ; fractal-hunting mode and bring one back alive. Until next time, ; which will arrive in 24 hours, take care, and are fractals alive ; or dead? Secondary question: can something that has never been ; alive be considered dead? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ The_Bluest_Atom { ; time=0:28:16.59--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.60774155572676900/+0.024147533971025\ 96/1.570013e+008/1/-7.5/-1.46792394274675164e-007 params=-8.12/-1.8/-10.31/-8.1/0/525 float=y maxiter=3600 inside=0 logmap=512 periodicity=10 colors=00080R80R80S80S70T41T33V34W36X37X38Z2AZ2Ba2\ Cc2Ef2Fi1Hm1Io1Js1Lu1Mx1Nz3Mt5Ls7Lo9KkBKiDJfFJcHI`\ JIYLHWNHUPGSRGQTFOVFNTEPRERQETOEVNDXLDZKD`IDbHCdFC\ fEChCCjBCkEBlHAlK9mN9mQ8nT7nW6oY6o_5pa4pc3qe3qi7ql\ BqoEqmGolImkKljMjiOhhQgfSedUcbVb`W_ZWYXWVVWTTWQRXO\ PXLNXJLXGJXENXHQXJTXMWXOZXQaXTdXVgXYjX_mXahVXjQTeS\ V`UXWWZRY`M_aMYbMWcLVcLTdLSeLQfLOgKNgKLhKJiKIjKGkG\ ClKFkNIkRLkTLmUNkUOjUPiURhUSgUTfUUeUWcUXbUYaUZ`U`_\ UaZUbYUcXReYPgZMhZKj_Hk`Fm`CnaApb5te8qbBn_EkYHhVKe\ SMbQP_NSXKVUIYRF_PDYQGWRJVSMTTORURQVUOWXNXZLYaJ_dI\ agGciEelDgtBiwAjzChvEfwFdpHcoIbnKbmMbkNbjPaiQahSag\ TafWX`ZSVaNTcJVfEXi9_l3`k5ak6bj7cj8ciAdiBdhCehDeiF\ fjGfkHglHgmIhnJhoJipKiqKjrLksLltMmuNnvNowOpxOqyNrz\ MszLtzKuzKvzKwzKxzKyzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKz\ zKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzK\ zzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKz } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, 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================================== ; ;