; Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:47:14 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 05-09-03 (A Very Deep Midget [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030905084744.29d733d6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 05, 2003 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The work was still hectic here at Fractal Central on Thursday, ; but things calmed enough in the afternoon for me to post a short ; reply to the list and find an 'automatic' fractal in the ; Mandelbrot set. ; ; Today's image takes us where many have ventured previously -- to ; the tip of the negative stem of the Mandelbrot set. And when I ; say the tip, I mean the tip. The magnitude of the image is ; 3x10^58, and there are 29 consecutive 9's following the 1 and ; the decimal point in the X-coordinate of the scene. ; ; Since the cut-off point is set to 2, today's image is almost ; exactly on the cut-off point. The rays radiating from the ; central midget are a direct result of its being so close to the ; cut-off point. ; ; The image rates only a 5, held down by the hackneyed nature of ; the area in which it lies. Fresher scenes might be found at the ; tips of some of the other filaments, especially near the cut-off ; points. ; ; I named the image "A Very Deep Midget" as a description. It is ; certainly a fair name, because, unless I am mistaken, the scene ; is the second deepest of all the FOTD images. ; ; The render time of 19 minutes is quite fast for such a high ; magnitude image calculated with arbitrary precision math. ; The X-axis symmetry helps a lot here. Whether the result is ; worth the wait is open to individual opinion. My opinion is ; that a more reasonable method of viewing the scene would be to ; download it from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; Though the temperature on Wednesday reached a very comfortable ; 77F 25C, it was another disappointing day for the cats here at ; fractal headquarters. The sprinkles that fell off and on ; through the entire day culminated in a torrential downpour at ; 7pm, accompanied by thunder. But by that time the cats had ; already given up all hope of outdoor fun and satisfied them- ; selves with a tuna treat. When an even stronger storm arrived ; around midnight, they watched the rain cautiously, until a close ; lightning strike and a loud bang of thunder sent them scurrying ; for cover. ; ; Thursday began with steady rain, which ended at midday, leaving ; the skies leaden gray for the rest of the day. The temperature ; of 75F 24C was fair enough, but fractal cats need dry grass in ; which to romp, so more tuna was needed. ; ; Today is starting much better. It is sunny, cool and dry. Can ; the dynamic duo actually have a good day after a long string of ; bad ones? Check back tomorrow to see. As for me, the load of ; work is still heavy, so I'd best get busy. Until tomorrow, take ; care, and keep your spirits up when the rain comes down. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Very_Deep_Midget { ; time=0:19:23.10--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.9999\ 99999999999999999999999997080345601743762432509639\ 57868601/-1.6623896e-61/3.139258e+058 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000iHpmEorBnv8mvMgvZbvkXvxSp\ lWka_eQc`FgW4k`9adESiAGn75q3GlCMgKSYSYR`cLhiEpo8pu\ DoiHkiKk7MmDPqJRtPTyUhxFxr0vkCqcOe_TibXmg`qfdhda`Y\ ZTUWLATD1RM6OVBMjGKtLIzYGaN89517746874993AC2BE8EFD\ HGJKHONITQJZTKcWLhZLeVQcRV`N_ZKdWGiUCnR8sP5xHYyYdR\ dTPkINP_K2qI7jMCdPHZSMSVRMYWG``AcfDdlFeqHekNaeSY_X\ VUaROfNIkKHfNGaPFXRFSTENVDIXDEZkEUfCYbB`ZAcV9fQ7iM\ 6lI5oE4rCBnBIjAPf9Wb8bZ6dS4eM3gF1h90i37aMDVcJOuQHd\ XBPb9Vh7_n6dt4iy3nd7qLBt1Fw6MpATiE_bJfXNmQRtJVzDPq\ NKhWF`eASn5Kw7Il8Ha9FRAEGBD5DG6EI6FK7GM7HO8IQ8HRBH\ SEHTHHUKHVNKSNMPNPMNRKNTHNWENYBN_9NfT_`PWWLSRHOMDK\ H9GC5C71969H6GO5NW5Vb4aj4hq4oxBmtIlqPknVjkahhhgeof\ bue_tiXsmUsqStlOugKvbGwZCxU8yP4zL1pW3fe4Xo6Oy7AkoB\ UYnhTVTMl6vb8kUA`KCQLpcHbWEQOc3GU7GKAG5sY8YPkwYakT\ T_PKOKzvwNm8KcAHVCEMEmzVUaNgOaRIRtxqdhdQTSFBHDCGeD\ pQDYn`9`TCOLEZksv2kZ8WaDTVDPODMHDJdKr107 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;