; Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 09:09:56 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-08-99 (Zodiac) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031003091045.0d2fc8fc@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD August 11, 1999 (Zodiac) ; ; Fractal enthusiasts and visionaries: ; ; I named today's fractal picture "Zodiac" not because of its ; appearance, but rather because I was wishing that I could be ; somewhere along the path of the solar eclipse. But the eclipse ; is in Europe and Asia, and I'm stuck here on the East coast of ; North America. Curiously enough though, if the path of totality ; were extended beyond the sunrise line, it would cross Maryland. ; As it is, we will see 20 percent of the sun obscured at sunrise. ; But alas, we will not even see that tiny event, for it will be ; overcast at sunrise. ; ; While I'm bemoaning our bad luck, I'll remind the fractal fans ; of the world that today's fractal is not a bad one. The midget ; is part of the fractal that results when a large amount of Z is ; subtracted from a little Z^100 and the difference multiplied by ; a factor of 0.0103. ; ; The parameter file is slow, so downloading the image file is ; strongly recommended. The image file can be found posted to: ; ; ; ; and to: ; ; ; ; The always unimportant weather was partly cloudy and quite a bit ; warmer. The midday temperature of 88F (31C) was perfect for ; fractals of all ages, both liberal and conservative. And don't ; ask what a liberal fractal is. ; ; If you're not totally confused by this time, check here again ; next time, which will be in 24 hours plus or minus 1-1/2 hours. ; You'll be totally and absolutely confused if you do. ; ; Until then, take care of your pet fractal, and if you have no ; pet fractal, get one immediately. They work wonders for high ; blood pressure. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Zodiac { ; t=0:13:12.57 on a p233, 640x480 reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+1.664072112263802/+0.3928892632790632/2.\ 145788e+007/1/-5 params=0.01/100/-100/1/-0.9897/0 float=y maxiter=12000 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=267 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000DGNCHKBIK<6>6IS6IT7IU<10>CHdCHeDHeDHe<16>K\ Fa<5>mkw<28>6Fg<10>`Ztm`u<3>zgyzkzzgrwfkrecmeX<6>EaN\ <13>SW4<18>2ju<8>oajn`io_hp_hqZg<3>ubevcewcdwcc<13>w\ cXwcWwcWwcW<78>wcU } 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================================== ;