; Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:06:36 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 29-03-05 (Deep Scepter [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050329120726.2d6700ee@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 29, 2005 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "Deep Scepter". Since we seem to have ; developed a fascination with the things deep in Mandelbrot ; valleys, it appears only proper to investigate the next valley ; beyond Seahorse Valley -- the one known as Scepter Valley. ; Today's image takes us to within 0.0004 of the mystic point of ; this valley, which lies at -1.25 on the X-axis of the M-set. ; ; If the answers to the secrets of the universe lie at the mystic ; point of Seahorse Valley, a further clarification of those ; answers must lie at the mystic point of Scepter Valley. The ; answers are still very deeply encoded however, for I see little ; in today's image other than the expected pinched-off elements, ; with kingly scepters scattered everywhere. Unfortunately, the ; routine nature of the image dampened the effort I put into ; coloring it. ; ; I could rate today's image no higher than an average 5. It has ; some interesting features, though it is up to the individual to ; decide whether these are interesting enough to justify the ; nearly half-hour calculation time. ; ; Those who decide that the modicum of fractal interest in the ; image is not worth the rendering effort may still see the image ; by visiting the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; In yesterday's discussion I mentioned a thumbnail image I had ; done some time back of a scene extremely deep in Seahorse ; Valley, where arbitrary precision math is required. I mentioned ; that the full sized version would require several months to ; calculate even at SF5 resolution. Last evening, with nothing ; else to do, I sat down at my fastest machine to see how deep I ; could go into Seahorse Valley before the program switched to ; arbitrary precision math and the calculation time became unrea- ; sonable. I found a midget on the western shoreline of Seahorse ; Valley with an imaginary part of under 0.000008, which at the ; thumbnail size appears to have much of the character of the old, ; impossibly slow thumbnail image, but does not need the slower ; math routine, and can therefore render in perhaps 12 hours on ; the fastest machine. ; ; Since the fastest machine is usually busy on some more immediate ; task, and slows to a crawl on fractals if it is left alone and ; not kicked into high gear every half hour or so, it will take a ; few days to finish the full-sized image. But I hope that when ; the image is finished, we will see Seahorse Valley as we have ; never seen it before. ; ; Heavy rain and occasional rumbles of thunder kept the fractal ; cats safely indoors all day Monday here at Fractal Central. The ; temperature of 52F 11C was mild enough, but the duo never got ; outside to check it. Needless to say, an extra treat of tuna ; was needed in the evening to assure their moods remained bear- ; able. Today is starting dry and mild, but it is cloudy and the ; wind is up. It remains to be seen how the duo will handle these ; conditions. ; ; For me, the disposition of the day has yet to be determined, but ; the disposition of the next fractal is near certain -- it will ; appear right here in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be ; aware of the fractals lurking around you. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Deep_Scepter { ; time=0:28:55.66--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.24999989217141500/+0.000436845163898\ 46/7.346209e+008/1/-105/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2500000 bailout=9 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000qfcreesdgtchu`fvYewVcxTbyQ`wN_wKYwIXwFVw\ CUw9Sz7Rz9SzBTzCUwEVtFVqHWnIXkKYhLZeNZbO__Q`XRaYTb\ YUbMnbPm_SlXUlVXkSZkQajNciLfiIhhGkhDmgBpf8rf6ue3we\ 1tb5q_9oXDlVHiSLgPPdMTaKX_H`XEdUBhS9lQAkPAkNAjMAjK\ AiJAiHAhGAhFBgDBgCBfABf9Be7Be6Bd5Bd8DbBF`EHZHIXKKV\ NMUQOSTPQWROZTMaVLdWJgYHj_FmaDpbCmdGkeJhgMfhPcjTak\ WZmZXnaVodQfcLZcGRbBJb7BbBC_FCYJCWNCURCRVCPZCNbCLf\ CJjCGnCErCCvCAyC8xF7wI7vK6uN6tP6sS5rU5qX5p_4oa4nd3\ mf3li3kk2jn2jp2fo3cn3`m4Yl4Vk4Sj5Pi5Mh6Jg6Gf6De7Ad\ 77c84b81a83W75R67M59H4BC3D72E21I34M46P59T6BX7E_8Gc\ 9JfALhDPjFTkIWmK_oMcpPfrRjsTmpRkmPijOggMfdKdbJb_Ha\ XG_UEYRCXPBVM9TJ7SG6QD4OB3NDCSEKWFT_G`cHhgGihGjhGk\ hFliFmiFmiEnjEojEpjDqkDqkDrkCslCtlCulCulBafAIaKGZU\ EXbDV`GWZIXXKYWMZUO_SQ`RSaPVbNXcLZdK`eIbfGdgFfg3v9\ 8rDDnGIjKNfNSbQXZUaVXfR`kNcpKfnKhlKjjJlhJnfJpgIzeJ\ qdJicK`bKTaLKcHA`LCZOEXRG } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;