; Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:43:44 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-07-09 (The Elephant [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090704174525.2ad7bd3c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 04, 2009 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; East Valley is sometimes called Elephant Valley. The reason is ; because, with just a little imagination, the fractal features ; there can be seen to resemble elephants. I have often mentioned ; elephants in the FOTD discussions, but until now I have only ; been talking about them, and not actually showing one in its ; full glory. Well, in today's image this oversight has been ; corrected. ; ; As the name "The Elephant" indicates, today's image shows an ; East Valley elephant standing guard over its bud, as all fractal ; elephants must do. This particular elephant is the period-30 ; one on the southern shore line of East Valley. The periodicity ; is determined by the number of filaments leading into the 'star' ; with the small red ring around it on the elephant's rump at the ; far end of the filament leading from the bud. ; ; The elephant's trunk is quite obvious, though material elephant ; trunks do not terminate in an endless spiral. One of the big ; floppy ears elephants are famous for is quite obvious also, as ; is its ponderous rump, which is marked by the 30-pointed star. ; Like all fractal elephants, this one has a large minibrot on its ; shoulder, with lesser minibrots around its mouth and belly. ; ; The poor pachyderm appears to have a problem with its front legs ; however. Its front legs, like those of a tyranosaur, are so ; small as to be virtually useless. I doubt that those tiny legs ; could ever reach its mouth to stuff in some tasty vegetation. ; ; Many other elephants are scattered about the scene. Every ; smaller bud has an elephant standing guard over it, though the ; individual elephants become less recognizable as the buds get ; smaller, until they blend into a general elephant haze over the ; tiny buds along the main shoreline. ; ; As we go deeper into East Valley, the elephants appear pretty ; much the same, but they move closer together as the fractal ; elements get pinched off, until their trunks rather inelegantly ; touch the rumps of the elephants in front of them. As we move ; out of the valley, the elephants' bodies gradually lose solidity ; and turn into mere fractal filaments. When we reach the very ; last elephant, the period-2 one, the only thing left is its ; trunk, which has become perfectly straight and is now the nega- ; tive stem. ; ; Elephants are four-dimensional creatures that exist in all six ; perpendicular planes of the Julibrot, as well as the oblique ; slices. But they have subtle differences in each of the planes ; as well as the in-between slices. In the next FOTD, I will ; check the appearance of elephants in the Julia orientation. ; After that, who knows. ; ; I could give today's image no rating. After all, East Valley ; elephants are things the tyro fractalist finds during his first ; hour with his first fractal program. But there is still much to ; be said about the endangered fractal creatures that are rumored ; to communicate with subsonic sounds, so stay tuned to this ; channel for the latest dope. ; ; With a calculation time of a sizzling 3 seconds, today's image ; is one of the all-time fastest, but it's still more fun to see ; the finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Friday turned out fair enough here at Fractal Central, the only ; flaw being a brief shower in the afternoon. Otherwise it was ; partly cloudy with a temperature of 79F 26C, all of which was ; fully appreciated by the fractal cats. ; ; My day was unusually busy, which explains but does not excuse ; the lateness of this FOTD. The next FOTD, once again late, will ; be posted in 24 hours, maybe sooner. Until then, take care, and ; if you still think global warming is a threat that calls for ; prompt and panicky government legislation, notice this summer's ; weather, something the legislators are apparently not doing. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Elephant { ; time=0:00:03.40-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.2609036571578\ 1090/-0.00195958268028537/2610.432/1/18/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=27500 inside=0 logmap=29 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000s9qr6rq3ro3rm5ok7mi9kgBidDgaFdZHbWJ`SLZP\ NXMPUJRSGTQDVOAXM2ZF5`I7bS9dUBeWDeVFeWKeXQeTWeS`dO\ bcKdbIcaJb_KaYL`WN_UOZSPYQQXORWMTVKSUISTGSSESRCSQA\ SQERPKRPPRPUROYRO`ROcQOfQNiQUlQZoQeoNhnPdnQZnRUnTP\ lUOkVOiXOgYOeZOc`ObaP`bPZdPXePVfPThQSiQQjQOlQMmQKn\ ULsQJoMHkIGgEEhACm74r6Bv6Hz6Oz6Uz6Yz5`z6az7az7Xv8S\ r9Nm9IhADcB8Z83UB4OD5QF6UI7YK7aM8eP9iRAmTBqVBuUDrT\ EoSGlRHjRJgQKdPLaON_NOXNQUMRRLTPKUMJVJJXGIYEH_BG`8\ Ga6I`9J_AKZFLYHMXKNWNOWPfeUadNLmXLgaLafLWkIX`GXRzX\ HzP8zI0zD5z9Az5EzqLzeczVvzTwSRxHPy6NyNNqcNitNalLgd\ JmXHsPGyQHjRIWSJHSK3QLEPMPNN_MOjWYldfmnoowxpsmmqb`\ pSzj8zXgz`Oz`hzYfzWezUdzqdzhcz_czFJzMUzltzakzprzcj\ zFvz1EzANzJWzrIzkOzdTzYZzv4z1WzuLzfEzaNzXWzh9zbKzX\ Uza0zXKzSPzUhzy1zFYzM`zHizLgzPezYizVfzt_zl`zeazZbz\ LgzNfzPezRdzdzz_rzWjzY8zMXzP`zsNzfAzr_zdazHKzo`zcb\ zlOz5FzBMzHSzNYz8yzFqzMjz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint