; Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 09:04:01 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-05-03 (In the Oort Cloud [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030528090330.0d472e48@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 28, 2003 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; What is the outer limit of the solar system? Is it the planet ; Pluto? No, Pluto, which is hardly worthy of being called a ; planet, is not the end of the solar system. Are a few icy rocks ; a short distance beyond Pluto the limit of the solar system? ; No. What then is the end? ; ; The end of the solar system is the Oort cloud of comets, which ; surrounds the sun and extends nearly halfway to the nearest ; star. These distant chunks of rocky ice drift lazily along in ; their orbits at a rate of perhaps one meter per second, taking ; many millions of years to complete one revolution. ; ; Today's image reminds me of a cloud of comets, such as the Oort ; cloud. The resemblance inspired the name "In the Oort Cloud". ; Of course, the actual comets in the Oort cloud are totally dead. ; They are not surrounded by a coma of ejected gases, nor are they ; as crowded together as the 'comets' in the image, but the image ; bears enough of a resemblance to a cloud of comets to justify ; its name. ; ; At this time, I must make a minor confession. At the beginning ; of the month, I stated that I would post no 'evaporated' images ; during the month. Until today, I have posted none. But the ; 'normal' version of today's image that I originally found became ; so much better when it was evaporated that I could not keep it ; secret. The entire image is composed of < bof60 > inside fill. ; ; The scene of today's image is located inland, near the discon- ; nected area of chaos south of the main body of the mayparent ; fractal. Of course, since the scene is an evaporated one, the ; parent fractal is no longer there. ; ; When the time came to rate the image, I had no trouble deciding ; on an 8. The image truly is an exceptional one (as FOTD images ; go). The render time of 16 minutes is not so exceptional, but ; this minor annoyance can be eliminated by downloading the ; completed GIF image from Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; or from Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; Though the clouds were heavy, the expected rain failed to ; materialize here at Fractal Central on Tuesday, and as a result, ; the Fractal Central cats had an enjoyable day. The temperature ; of 61F 16C was a bit chilly for their sensitive whiskers, but at ; least the grass was dry when they ventured into the yard for ; their afternoon exploration. This morning is once again cloudy ; and rain is once again threatening. The duo will have as good a ; day as they can. ; ; My day will be as good as the work permits and as good as I make ; it. Until next FOTD, take care, and give those Fractint bugs a ; shot of Raid. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ In_the_Oort_Cloud { ; time=0:16:13.23--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.79387328486147/+2.42904310788191/3.7\ 3372e+008/1/-5/-1.9083425896814e-005 params=-10/-1\ .1/-1/-11/0/1e+100/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof60 outside=iter periodicity=10 colors=000zzzzyyzxxxwwwvvuuusttqssorrmqqjppgoodnna\ mmZmlWkkTkjQjiNihKhgHgfEfeDdaCbXB`TAZP9WL8TGNRCAMA\ ZF9l77y06t7CoDHjJMeQS`WXWaaYZ`_X_aVZcTYeQYgOXiMWkK\ VmHVoFUqDTsBSt9SsEWsJZrObrTerYuqbw000QpdRoQSoQTpRU\ pRUpSVpSWpTXpTYpUZpU_pV_pVXqTVqSSrRQrQNsPLsNItMGtL\ DuKBuJ9uI8tK8sL8rM8qN8pO8oP8nQ8mR8lS8kT8jU8iV8hW8g\ X8fY8eZ8d_8c`8ba8ab8`c8_d8Ze8Yf8Xg8Wh8Vi8Uj8Tk8Sl8\ Rm8Qn8Po8Op8Nq8Mr8Ls8Kt8JuchIR_hS_iT`jU`kV`kWalXam\ YanZao_bp`bpabqbbrccsdctecufcud`rcZpbXn`Vl_TjZQgXO\ eWMcVKaTI_SFXRDVPBTO9RN7PM5NP9RSCUUFYXI`ZLcaOgcRjf\ UmhXqk_tmbwmcwndxnfxogxoixojxRrbRraSs`St_TuZTuYUvX\ UwWUwWSsVRpUPlTOiSNfRLbQK_PIWPHTOGQNEMMDJLBFKACJ99\ JAAIAAIBAHBAHBBGCBGCBFCBFDBFDCEDCEECDECDEDCFDCFDBF\ DBGDBGEAGEAHE9HE9HF8IF8IF8IF7JF7JG6JG6KG5KG5KH4LH4\ LH4LH3MH3MI2MI2NI1NI1NI1OK4PL6PM9QNBROERPGSQJSRLTT\ OUUQUVTVWVWXYWY_XZbX_d_Xf } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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================================== ;