; Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:59:24 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-11-03 (Mandelbrot-08 [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031120120052.0d671430@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 20, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With today's scene, we again take a trip into the depths of the ; Mandelbrot set. We choose the basin of the midget at -1.47 on ; the X-axis to be the scene of our trip. This midget is ; surrounded by radiating filaments, with the location of today's ; scene found on a small filament on the northeast shore. ; ; The midget in the image is of the fourth order, meaning it is ; located near a midget, near a midget, near a midget, near the ; midget at -1.47. For some reason known only to the mathematical ; illuminati, when a midget is located in one or more basins of ; attraction of larger midgets, the number of elements surrounding ; the midget resets itself several times as the midget is neared. ; Thus, instead of having the series 4,8,16,32...infinity, we have ; 4,8,16,32,...infinity, 8,16,32,64...infinity, 16,32,64,128... ; infinity, and so on. ; ; Today's midget shows this quirk quite clearly. And other than ; having this curiosity, it is a fairly lively scene, maybe not ; quite worth the half-hour required to render it from the para- ; meter file, but certainly worth the effort to go online and ; download the completed GIF image from Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; or from Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; Rating the image was no problem. Considering the image itself ; and the time required to render it, I could rate it no higher ; than a 6. Pictures of scenes such as this are fairly common. ; (Had I found today's image 10 years ago, it might have rated ; an 8.) ; ; The weather in the Fractal Central area on Wednesday was violent ; to say the least. Torrential rain in the afternoon caused the ; local streams to flood, resulting in three deaths and several ; rescues. The temperature reached 68F 20C, but with flash flood ; conditions prevailing, the fractal duo wisely chose to remain ; indoors, asking for tuna. Today is starting sunny, but the wind ; is blowing, and the duo does not like wind, which hides the ; subtle sounds of approaching danger. They may be reluctant to ; venture out of doors. The fractal basement escaped with only a ; small puddle in the corner. ; ; My graphic work is reasonably under control. Another Mandelbrot ; fractal in 24 hours is a virtual certainty. Until then, take ; care, and keep your fractals dry. (Come to think of it, I have ; never seen a wet fractal.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot-08 { ; time=0:31:08.32--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.47539451765734098536/0.0079188952178\ 53054469/2.528066e+016/1/27.5/3.88578058618805e-016 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=7200 bailout=9 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000NUWTUVYVUcVTiWSnWRjOWfH`b\ 9eZ2ia3kd4lg4mj5nm6op6pjCodInZOmTUlN_kHejBki5qh7pf\ 9odBncDmaFl_HkZJjXLjWbkKtl9pnNmp_jrlVupZrqaordlsgi\ tjfumduhgncjgZm`UpUQrNRkORdPRYQSRRSKSSDTTNRUWPVeNW\ nLWwKVwKVwKUwKUwKUwKmX9k`BjcDhgFgjGemIdqKbtMawNfrQ\ knSoiVteXxaZo`ag`d__gS_jK_mRVjXRgSJmOCsQDpSEnUFlkz\ glmcla`mPXmDUiLQeSMaZIYfEUmAQt6PoEOjLNeSM`_LWfKRmJ\ NtYdbWfZVgVUhRTiNSjJRkFQlBPm7RfDT_JUUPWNVXH`ZAf_4l\ VFgQPcL__GiWCsSGnPKiNNdLR`JVWGYREaMCdIAbNBaSC`WDZ`\ EYeFXiFiVBuG7mLBePFYUJQYNJaQHZWGW`FTesVKpYLm`OjcRg\ fVeiZbma`peZqhUobPlYKiSGeNBbH6_CKXKPXUUWcZWicVnhVs\ kVviWtgXpeYkcZga_b_`ZYaUWbQ`ZMdVJhUGmcCqq9zz6qmAmc\ EjUIfKMbTQ_VUWYYT_`S`XSaTVeUXiU_mUaqUZjTWcSTXRQQQN\ JPTLPYMPbNPgOPjJUmEZoAbr5gt1kk6YcALWE8QJKKNWPMYTL_\ YKaaJbfIdjHfoGhsGijKfaNcUQ`LTYCWV4ZSCSNKLJREFVKKZP\ PbUUgZYldbqjgvplzvpsrkmnggkbagZVdUQbQHTY } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;