; Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 22:56:01 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 05-05-10 (Way Out There [7?]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100504225811.2b8f7a6e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 05, 2010 (Rating 7?) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image rates a qualified 7. IMO, it is actually worth a ; full unqualified 7, but how many times have we seen similar mini- ; brots this far out and even farther out on the negative spike of ; the Mandelbrot set? ; ; This is about as far out on the spike as we can go with the SF5 ; resolution in the search for minibrots before the number of radi- ; ating rays increases to the point where Moire-pattern distortion ; spoils the image, as is already happening near the center of ; today's scene. ; ; The magnitude of over 6*(10^59) means that, at the scale of ; today's image, the entire Mandelbrot set would be many orders of ; magnitude larger than the size of the entire visible universe. ; Yet I still wonder whether today's minibrot, which was so easy ; to find, has ever been pictured on a computer screen before now. ; ; At this point of the M-set, changing the bailout radius has a ; huge effect on the appearance of the image. To see a totally ; different version of today's scene, increase the bailout to 5. ; Decreasing the bailout to 3 obliterates the image. ; ; The name "Way Out There" refers to the position of the minibrot ; on the spike of the M-set. ; ; The magnitude of the image is well beyond the point where arbi- ; trary precision math becomes necessary. Luckily, the arbitrary ; math routine works quite efficiently on the negative spike, ; which enabled today's image to calculate in only 4-3/4 minutes. ; ; The finished image may also be seen on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Most of Tuesday was quite pleasant here at Fractal Central, with ; lots of sun, spectacular billowing clouds and a temperature of ; 75F 24C. But the pleasant periods came with a price. A heavy ; thunder-storm with hail passed over at 2pm; another passed over ; at 3pm, this time without the hail. Fractal cat Cassie took ; shelter in the closet when things got noisy, but Nicholas, taken ; suddenly courageous, watched the action from the window shelf. ; My day was otherwise uneventful. ; ; Don't be surprised if the next FOTD appears on schedule in 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and let me know when we get men ; bearing the U.S. flag back on the moon. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Way_Out_There { ; time=0:04:47.80-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.9999999999999\ 99999999999999999270086400435940608127409894684338\ /-3.8516358e-63/6.382394e+059 params=0/0 passes=t bailout=4 maxiter=1500 float=y inside=0 logmap=292 mathtolerance=0.05/0 colors=000000zmNzkKyi0xg0wd0ua2sZ6pX9mVDjTGgQKdONa\ MR`CcWGURKFOJLKKFTQSzzzmmmcccUUUVLKXH2N880EE0EG0EI\ 0EKAEMKEOTEPSIQSLQRPRRSRRVRLM`PUUSaNe6ZaKTYXNrzUhz\ U_wUDmUJcUPUzPEzRMzSU_UaQFEMLPKQ_IV6sVQ_nbGgeH`gHr\ 15VD0VM5VU9VaD_AqYMdWYToAsakCZjEXiGwzV_ssYofWlUFcn\ FTdNaTZjCXiEWiGDyPIuNMqLRmJYffWhUs`OfeKB0EGCFLNGQZ\ HU5gVJZVXQKfCQhFFQgJV`N_URdNUtujfefgZbhTZiNcWPZbLC\ 0aRBVJBaKEVKHOKKHKMBSKE_IHgGKoFNXEEFD6KEJPEWUEhZEu\ _Lf`ST`ZFyVLqv7ImJPkIGhwLihQiVWHIVWHERLfxXn8SdRMwl\ RhjMeDoquOlpNgkMbgLUkMLoMDrMAk_BZz8dm5j`2pO0uCAnDJ\ gDT`Em44mI9mVE`nSejNigJmdFr`AvY6_ybmiKzV2rY6k`AdcD\ meHmhKmkOmr3moFmmRzXJzHBz14q7Ir6Hr6Hs5Gs5Gs5Ft4Ft4\ Et4EmcCmcAmc8mc7mc5mc3mcrmcSmc2ccDccOccZcciccwcctc\ crccocmmZmjbmhfmebmkfmgjmcnm_xuTquWkuYeu__uaUucOue\ IugQzp8zeCziFzlIzpLzsPzrTzrXzr`zrkzyczrWzlOzfGz`Hz\ JCzP8zVIzYRz__zawz0LzLlzR } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;