; Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:11:57 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-02-04 (Apples and Oranges [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040209101426.0da7473e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 09, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image takes us once again to that ultimate fractal ; reality, the Mandelbrot set, for a brief stay in one of the more ; remote valleys. I call the M-set the ultimate fractal reality ; with some misgivings. I am not certain that such a thing as ; fractal reality exists. As far as that goes, I am not even ; certain that such a thing as physical reality exists. (I am ; reasonably certain that I exist however.) But if anything like ; ultimate fractal reality does exist, the Mandelbrot set comes as ; close to filling that definition as we have yet come. ; ; The scene of today's action lies in a spiral deep in the outer ; side of the right branch of the valley leading to the large ; period-4 bud on the northeast shoreline of the main bay of the ; Mandelbrot set. The features that appear in the image are ; familiar to those with experience exploring the M-set. This ; familiarity cost the image one full rating point. But to make ; up for the familiarity, the coloring is somewhat unexpected, and ; this originality added one full point to the rating. As a ; result, we have an image with a rating of a 7 and, due to the ; short render time, an overall value of 321. ; ; I named the image "Apples and Oranges". The tiny orange spots ; remind me of oranges. The apples were added just to make a more ; interesting name. ; ; There are two ways of viewing the image: first, by running the ; included parameter file; second, by downloading the completed ; GIF image from: ; ; ; ; It remained sunny but breezy and quite cold here at Fractal ; Central on Sunday. The temperature never rose above freezing, ; which kept Tippy the tabby indoors. Thomas, the rusty, ventured ; out onto the remaining ice for a few minutes before deciding ; that comfort was the better part of valor, and hastily retreat- ; ing back inside. They both ended the day with a treat of left- ; over salmon. Today is starting milder. Hopefully, it will ; be better for the duo. ; ; For me, it looks like today might be a bit on the busy side. ; But unless an avalanche of unexpected work arrives, I'll find ; time to dredge up another fractal worthy of FOTD status. Until ; tomorrow, when that next fractal will appear, take care, and see ; you then. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Apples_and_Oranges { ; time=0:02:10.88--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=+0.25604\ 36923746491/+0.4940656109920195/3.6466e+007/1/177.5\ /1.38515831929475475e-008 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=0 logmap=1560 periodicity=10 colors=000D7WD5YC3ZC2_B4ZB5YB6XB7XB8WA9VAAUABUACTA\ DSAER9FR9GQ9HP9IO9JO9KN8LM8ML8NL8OK8PJ8QI7SI7TH7UG\ 7VF7WF7XE6YD6ZC6_C6`B6aA6b95c95d85e75f65g65h54i44j\ 34k34l24m14n16m37l48l59k6Bk7Cj9DjAEiBGiCHhDIhFJgGL\ gHMfINeJOeLQdMRdNScOTcPVbRWbSXaTYaU_`V``Xa_YbZZdZ_\ eY`fYbgXciXdjWekWflVhnVioUjpUkqTlrTmqSjpRhpQfoPdnO\ bnN`mMZmLWlKUkJSkIQjIOjHMiGKhFIhEFgDDgCBfB9eA7e95d\ 83d81eA3eB4fD6fE7fF8gHAgIBgJDhLEhMFiOHiPIiQKjSLjTM\ jUOkWPkXRlZSl_Tl`VmbWmcYmdZnf_ngaoibojdokepmfunhzo\ izqkzrlztmzuozvpyxrxyswztvyuuzvtzwszxszyszzszzszzs\ zzszzswwsvwsvwsvwsvwquupttossnsrmrplqokqnjpmiolhoj\ gnifmhelgdlfckdbjcajb`ia_h_ZhZYgYXfXWeWVeUUdTTcSSc\ RRbQQaOPaNO`MN_LM_KNZKOYKPYKQXKRWKSWKTVKTVKUUKVTKW\ TKXSKYSKZRK_QKaQKcPKeOKgOKiNKkNKlMKmLKnLKoKKpKKqMK\ rOKsQKtSKuUKvWLwYLx_MyaMzcMzcNzcNzcOzcOzcOzcPzcPzc\ QzcQzcQzcRzcRzcRzcSzcSzcT } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;