; Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:01:12 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-07-04 (First Light from Vega [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040716100527.29c73244@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 16, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's quickie image takes us to a midget on a filament of a ; larger midget lying on the x-axis of the Mandelbrot set. This ; larger midget is found just beyond the tip of the stem of the ; very large midget at -1,75. From a distance, the image reminds ; me of a star blazing brilliantly in the middle of a vast nothing- ; ness. I named it "First Light from Vega" accordingly. This ; star seemed appropriate, since it is bluish like the image, and ; passes directly overhead in the evening at this latitude at this ; time of year. ; ; Though the magnitude of the image demands arbitrary precision ; math, the magnitude lies just beyond the range of conventional ; math, and, aided by the x-axis symmetry, renders in only 5 ; minutes on my tired old P200 machine. ; ; I rated the image at a 7. Considering the less-than-three- ; minutes I spent on the coloring, the colors turned out surpris- ; ingly well. When the render time is figured in, the overall ; value rates 142. ; ; The most convenient way to see the image is to download it from ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The fun way is to run the included parameter file. ; ; A muggy Wednesday brought several light showers to F.C. -- just ; enough to wet the grass and keep the dynamic duo's paws damp. ; Thursday was near perfect, and the duo made the most of it. ; Today looks to be near perfect again. The question is whether I ; will make the most of it. The next FOTD will appear in 24, 48, ; or 72 hours. If I ever get my other business caught up, the ; FOTD will resume its regular daily appearance. Until next time, ; take care, and are positivists positive of their positivism? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FirstLightFromVega { ; time=0:04:54.78--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.790327538975164063/0.0/1.365333e+014 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=127 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=00070K80KA0KB0KC0KE0KF0KG1KI2KJ3KK4KJ5KI5KH\ 6JG6IF7HE7GD7FC8DB85A9A99F8AK7AP6AU9FZCKcFPhKUmP_r\ UewZkzgqzqwzzzzqxzhtzcpw_ltXhqXenXbjX`gT_hP_iLZkHZ\ lEZmGRsFTpEVmDXjCZgC`eBbbAc_9eX8gU8iS7kP6mM5oJ5pH3\ `T2Mm17o5UR8X3BZAEIHG1ON7QUDR`ISgOTmTUVLiCExGFvJGu\ MGtPHsSHrVIpYIo`JndKmgKljLjmLipMhsMgvNfyNepT`hYW`b\ RShMKmHCrC4w87wF9wLBwRDwXGwbIwhKwnMwtOwzQjqSZhYVeb\ RbhN_mJXrFUsEVtEWuEXvEYwDZxD_yD`zDazCbzCczCdzCdzDc\ zEbzFazG`zH_zIZzJYzKXzLWzMVzNUzOTzPSyQRwOQuNQsLPqK\ PoJOmHOkGNiENgDMeCMcALa9L_8LNg`MfcMefLdhLckKbnKapG\ osFloEjlDghDeeCbaB`ZAYWAWS9TP8RL7OI7MF8PH9SJ9VLAXN\ B_PBbRCdSCgUDjWElYEo_FraFtbEs`Er_DrZDqYDpWCpVCoUBo\ TBnRBmQAmPAlOAlNBmMCnMDoLEpLEqLHpKJqKLrJNsJQtJSuIU\ vIWwIZxH`yHbzGdzGgzGizFkzFmzFezEZzESzELzDEzD7zDCzA\ Gz8Kz6Oz4KzNGzeCzxGzrKzmOzhRzcSzcTzcUzcVzcWzcXzcXz\ cYzcZzc_zc`zcazcbzc_za5zJ } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;