; Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:59:51 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-10-04 (A Fractal Primeval [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041024120101.30afac18@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 24, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The existence of Julia sets has been known for almost 100 years, ; though their exact appearance was not determined until modern ; computers were developed. And when computers finally opened the ; door to the world of fractals -- wow! were we surprised. The ; FOTD for today takes us on to the Julia version of the formula ; Z^2+C, a formula that draws perhaps the most basic and simplest ; of all fractals. ; ; This formula is so familiar and has been explored so thoroughly ; that it is a bit difficult to find anything new in it. But the ; fractals it produces are infinite in number, and infinity is ; inexhaustible. To find today's image, I chose a point in a ; basin of a midget deep in East Valley of the prominent midget on ; the negative X-axis of the Mandelbrot set, and checked its ; corresponding Julia set. The image I came up with is not excep- ; tional -- I have seen many similar images -- but it is different ; enough from what is normally pictured as a Julia set to qualify ; as the FOTD for today. ; ; I named the image "A Fractal Primeval". When I saw it, I was ; reminded of a scene deep in the primeval ocean of early earth, ; at a time when life had just evolved to the level of multicel- ; lular organisms. A few of these early creatures, if they can be ; considered creatures, are illustrated, complete with infinitely ; divided Cantor-style nuclei. I doubt that these early forms of ; life actually were colored the brilliant shade of red that I ; gave them, but the strong coloring is what raised the image to ; its rating of a 6. ; ; The rating of 6 might be a bit excessive for such an ordinary ; image. I feel the image is worth its rating however. And when ; the render time of under 10 seconds is figured in, the overall ; worth registers an amazing and grossly inflated 3681. ; ; The image may be seen by running the included parameter file and ; waiting a few seconds, or, if your computer is Fractint chal- ; lenged, by downloading the completed GIF image from the FOTD web ; site maintained by Paul Lee at: ; ; ; ; A fine sunny day here at Fractal Central on Saturday was kept ; from being perfect by a slightly-too-chilly temperature of 55F ; 13C. The cats did not seem to mind however, and spent most of ; the afternoon in the yard, doing what fractal cats do best. ; They came in at sunset as soon as they heard the food being ; opened, and enjoyed a treat of turkey and tuna. Today is ; starting not so sunny, with sprinkles of rain already falling. ; The day could go any way at all, so check back in 24 hours to ; see how the cats make out. The next glorious (IMO) fractal will ; also be available right here at that time. Until then, take ; care, and what a lovely bunch of fractals fills the cosmos. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Fractal_Primeval { ; time=0:00:09.78--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=julia center-mag=-0.00000692960822\ 208/+0.05602788817859143/1599.23/1/-60/-3.94004273\ 651660242e-013 params=-1.749708627366082/3.2897258\ 61169113e-007 float=y maxiter=900 bailout=9 inside=255 logmap=232 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000AKKAKKAKKAKKAKKAKKAKKAKKAKKAKKAKKBKKCKKD\ KKEKKDJNCIOBHSAHUCMXERZGVaIZeJbhLflNjoPnsRqvTszVuz\ XvzZwz`xzbyzdzzcxzZwucuvZrrUjmQehQ_cQXZQWUQXPNZKL_\ IIaIGbHEcGBeG9fF7gFEfKKePQdUWcZbcchbhnamt`rz`vw`nu\ `fr`Zp`Rm`Jk`BjcAje9ig9ij8ik8hl7hm7hn6go6gp5gq5_p6\ `qAaqKbqUcqUdqUeoUfkUggUhcUi_PjWKmSFpO8sK6tH5tJ4uL\ 3wN2wT2yT2wW2wX2rY2mZ2j_2j`2ja2jb9jcFjdLjeRcfPXgNR\ fLKeJDdH7bF8aT8`f8_sDZL7Y`2XoMWedVWwUMX`UW`ZV`cU`h\ U`lNbpGcs9ew3fzD`vMVrVQncKjlFgiEioEvpDzxDwrCpsCjkC\ mcCmWCmVBmUAmUAm9Ym9Nm9Dz8Hz8Lz8Pz8Sz7Wz7_z7cz7fzM\ _z_TzmNzRRz4UzIVzWWzhXzbazXfzRkzLpzGtzSezcSzEVpMUz\ UUz`TzwTzwTzjRzfQzbPzZOzUMzQLzMKzIJzFqzJmzMizPfzSb\ zV_zjbzydzsgzmizglzanzWqzRszhJzVEzH9zIqzFszDtzAvz8\ wz5yz3zzHozUdzZizcmzgqzluzpyzpszbezPTzCGzRSzdczejz\ fRzgKzhEzi7zi1z`7zTDzKJzCPz4VzAUzGUzLTzRTzXSzaSzgR\ zlRzgXzcaz_gzVlzRrzq`zqYz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;