; Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:01:24 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-11-04 (Fractal Sandstorm [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041102120240.0d7741c0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 02, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal was calculated by the next formula in line, the ; 'lambdafn' formula, which is another formula that one must ; become familiar with before its maximum potential can be ; realized. I worked with the formula less than an hour, so it is ; questionable whether the formula's maximum potential actually ; has been realized in today's image. My opinion is that nothing ; out of the ordinary has been achieved, and I rated the image at ; at an average 5 accordingly. The render time of 22 seconds ; raises the overall worth to a shocking 1351. ; ; The image looks exactly like the sun as seen through a fractal ; desert sandstorm, and that is what I named it. The 'recip' ; function is responsible for the grittiness that fills the frame, ; though I am responsible for the wan color of the sun feebly ; shining through the dust and sand in the upper left corner. ; ; The swirling sand clouds are truly fractal. This airborne sand ; maintains its totally random appearance, with occasional false ; hints of a pattern, all the way down to the limit of resolution. ; This might be the actual nature of the formula or it might be ; due to a quirk in the math routine. Whatever it is, the result ; is striking enough to earn the status of FOTD for today. ; ; To see the sandstorm, put on your goggles and run the included ; parameter file. It runs in a lightning-fast 22 seconds. Or ; forget the goggles and download the completed GIF image from the ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Monday was another near-perfect day here at Fractal Central, ; with lots of sun and an afternoon temperature of 66F 19C. The ; cat duo enjoyed it to the fullest, and when the time arrived to ; return, they came in without complaint to enjoy their supper of ; tuna and turkey. Today is again starting sunny, but rain is in ; the forecast. Hopefully, the rain will hold off until the duo ; has enjoyed another pleasant day in the fractal yard. ; ; For me it looks like another day -- vote, work, then on to the ; fractals. The best fractal I find will appear as tomorrow's ; FOTD. Until then, take care, and regardless of the outcome, we ; will all win. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Sandstorm { ; time=0:00:22.19--SF6 on a P200 reset=2003 type=lambdafn function=recip passes=1 center-mag=8.07451/-7.24725/0.08046668 params=1/0.4 float=y maxiter=255 bailout=900 inside=bof61 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000hQNcZzzmmzm`zz_kzZzzZczfzzmzzhzzdzz`zzXz\ zTzzXzz_zzbzzezzlzzszzuzzwzz3zz7zzAzz9zz8zz8zz7zz6\ zz6U1dQf4Pd8ObCN`GMZKX`_SVdOPhJJmFEqDKnBQkAWi8af7g\ d5ma4r_8hcCZfGPjJFmMJnONoRRoTVpVZpX`hYaaZbU_dN`eFa\ f8bg1`dBZbLX`UVZcTXmSVvQXpOZk8jbIlaSm``o`jp_sq_XJK\ ZLJ`MIbNHdPHfQGhRFjSFcQOXOXQMdJKmCJuILpOMlUNg_OcdP\ _bSbaVe`YhedcjkZorUtxQjwR`vSRvTHuU8uU9kZAacBThCJmD\ AqSDkeGffEcfDafCZfBXgAVg9Sg8Qg7OjLVmYapkhrxoqwkqvh\ qudquaptZpsVprSprPqkTrdXrZ`sSdsMhtFlt9poOkkbfgqb`l\ cVhdOdeI_fBWg5Sh7Ni8IjADjB8kC4kYHTrTAgdEYoIaoNeoSh\ RPj2M4rMAfUFWaKLhDYZ7jP1vF2k`3au5Yl7Ud9RXBNPDKHNJM\ XIQeHUoGYxFaXofUhhSaiPVjNOlKHmIAnG3oLFhQQaVaV_lOcw\ HbtLaqPanT`kX`i_chefgjhfoketmeyihuejqammZoiVreRtaN\ wYKyUZlVl_WvGTmKUeNUYQUPUUHXU9_UDWXHSZKP`OLbRIdVEf\ YBh`CgcDgfEgiFflGfoHfqHfnKekMehOdeQdbSdmWlxZsuYisY\ _qYQoYGmY7jveiudiuchubhua } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;