;     Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:30:27 -0500
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-11-02 (Alieness [7])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20021130093236.2a0fa6de@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; FOTD -- November 30, 2002 (Rating 7)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; I have named today's image "Alieness".  This name could imply 
; that the image vaguely resembles a female alien, or it could 
; imply that the image has a certain alien feeling about it.  
; Actually, it implies none of the above.  I have no idea what a 
; female alien might look like, and all fractals have a certain 
; alien feeling.  I invented the name because I liked its sound.
; 
; The parent fractal of yesterday's fly-trap image is also the 
; parent of today's image.  It is the same eastward-flying rocket 
; ship, except that the escape radius has been increased to 100, 
; a change that makes a larger difference in today's image than 
; it would have made in yesterday's.
; 
; Today's midget, with its deep-blue background, amber arms, and 
; tiny points of light, is located near the tip of a filament 
; extending from a second-order bud near the the center of the 
; western shore line of its parent.  The overall impression is 
; more of a seasonal decorative scene than anything alien.  The 
; small but brilliant points of colored light could almost be a 
; string of ornamental lights strung on a tree, or in this case, a 
; fractal minibrot.
; 
; The image is above the long-term FOTD average, which earns it a 
; rating of a solid 7.  The render time of 3 minutes is just fast 
; enough to make running the attached parameter file a practical 
; way of viewing the scene.  And as always, the completed GIF 
; image is posted on the two FOTD web sites at:
; 
;           <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; and at:
; 
;           <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
; 
; The Mandelbrot midget in today's image is the last midget that I 
; will post until January.  This is also the last time I will use 
; the MandelbrotMix4 formula until January.  The FOTD's for 
; December will feature fractals that are neither Mandelbrots nor 
; Julias.  Instead, the December images will be oddly oriented 
; slices through various four-dimensional Julibrots, with special 
; emphasis on the Z^2+C figure.  The discussions will feature 
; much blather about four-dimensional space and the figures 
; therein, a good bit of which might actually be correct.  (In 
; fact, it all might be correct.)
; 
; The Friday weather here at F.C. was cloudy, breezy and cold, 
; with a high temperature of only 38F 3C.  The cats, who dislike 
; such conditions, let their displeasure be known by displaying 
; their least pleasant behavioral aspects.  A treat of left-over 
; turkey only partly restored their good moods.
; 
; My good mood will be restored if I can get through today doing 
; as little work as possible.  Searching for fractals is play, not 
; work, so the time I spend in 4-D Fractal Land will not count as 
; work.  And before you can count to one-million, I'll be back 
; with the first in the December series of four-dimensional 
; fractal images.  Until then, take care, and don't get decohered.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE================================

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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==================================
; 
;