; Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:44:49 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-12-04 (The New East [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041210114633.29b7da24@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 10, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Strange things are happening in a certain East Valley. We have ; always known that elephants lurk there, but what has happened in ; the East Valley of the midget that appeared in yesterday's image? ; ; Today's image is a blow-up of that valley. The valley itself ; enters the frame at center right. But it never terminates. ; Instead of coming to the expected sharp point, the valley smears ; out and breaks apart into a comb-like series of sub-valleys that ; appear to be converging on a point near the center left of the ; frame. They would reach the point if I had given them enough ; iterations. ; ; There also appears to be a bud of some sort partially hidden ; beneath the comb-valleys. Unfortunately, even the maxiter of ; 16000 falls far short of fully defining this vague feature. ; ; The unusually smooth coloring is a result of the convoluted ; boundaries of the iteration bands, which reflect the East Valley ; character of the part of the midget in which they exist. ; ; The name "The New East" does not refer to an emerging third- ; world country in the Eastern Hemisphere. It tells that such a ; scene in the East Valley area of a midget is new. (At least I ; have never before observed such a scene.) ; ; The rating of a 6 is a bit above average. It's not really a ; great image, and much of its impact is due to the color map I ; gave it. Unfortunately, it is a very slow image, mostly due to ; the necessity of turning off the periodicity checking when using ; the HyperMandelbrot formula. As a result, the overall worth ; comes in at a paltry 6-1/2. But relief can be found on the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; where the image, which I sent on ahead, is waiting for download. ; ; Morning clouds led to steady afternoon rain here at Fractal ; Central on Thursday. The fractal cats had no time at all out- ; side, which left them quite testy. Luckily, the frequent treats ; of tuna and turkey kept their sullen moods within bearability. ; This morning is starting cloudy and wet. It looks like another ; bad day for the duo. ; ; I managed to clear out the unexpected job by mid-afternoon on ; Thursday, leaving time enough to find today's fractal. (Since ; the image is a blow-up of a part of yesterday's fractal, the ; search was not a difficult one.) The rest of today looks to be ; on the slow side, which can only mean a good fractal for the ; next FOTD. Until that time arrives, take care, and I am, there- ; fore I think. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_New_East { ; time=1:31:23.32--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot passes=1 center-mag=-0.74865643015637660/+0.084463614436210\ 81/3.442205e+009/1/176.999998805285543/-1.61460920\ 61228301e-005 params=0/0/0.0125/0/1e-015/0 float=y maxiter=16000 inside=0 logmap=-1500 periodicity=0 colors=000eTKfUKfUKgVKhVKiWKjWKkXKlXKmWJmWJnWInWHn\ WHoVGoVFpVFpVEqUDqUDqUCrUBrUBsTAsT9tT9tT8tT8sUCsUG\ rUKrUOqTSqSWpR_pQcoPgoOknNonMrmLrmKrlJrlIrkHrkJrjK\ rjLriNriOrhPrhRrgSrgTrfVrfWreXreZrd_rd`rcbrccrbdrb\ fragrahr`jr`krZjy`lrbnkdpefrZhtSkyLivMhsMgqMfnNekN\ ciNbfOacO`aO_ZOZWPXUPWRPVOQUMQTJQE7CLCJSHQYLXdQcjU\ oiTniTniSliSkhSjhRhhRghQfhQegQegPegPdgOdfOdfOcfNcf\ NcfMbeMbeMbeLaeLadMceLafK`gK_hJZhJXiIWjIVkHUlHTlGR\ mGQnFPoFOpENpELqDKrDJsCIsCHqJJqOJoPKmQLkRLjSMhTMfU\ NeVOcWOaXP`XPZYQXZRV_RU`SSaSQbTPcUNdULeVKeVIfWGgXE\ hXDiYBjY9kZ8l_6m_4n`1oa3n`5m`7l`9k_Bj_Di_Fh_GgZIfZ\ KeZMdZOcYQbYSaYU_VT`YTa_TbaSccSdfSehRfjRglTimRhnQh\ nPhoOhoNgoMgpKgpJgpIfqHfqGfqFfrEerCerEfsGgsIhsKitM\ jtOkuQlvSmwUmwWmwYmw_mwamwcmwemwgmwimwkmwmmwomwqmw\ smwumwvmwwmxxmxymxzmxzmyzmyzmyzmyzmzzmzzmzzmzznzzo\ zzpzzqzzrzzszztzzuzzvzzwz } frm:HyperMandelbrot {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(0,0): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p2+2)*a*b+p3, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;