; Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:33:02 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-08-11 (Shield of Chaos [9]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110808003309.145fb246@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 07, 2011 (Rating 9) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image once again takes us rather deep into the ; Mandelbrot set. I use the qualifier 'rather' because a ; magnitude of only 8*(10^19), such as today's, can hardly be ; considered deep by current standards. ; ; The scene is located in the Seahorse Valley area of a minibrot ; on a filament extending from the northwest shore line of the ; second bud out the main spike of the Mandelbrot set -- the bud ; just beyond Scepter Valley. ; ; The rating of a 9 is an honest one that includes a hefty bonus ; for the extra effort I put into finding the colors. The rating ; was also helped by the unusually chaotic yet well-defined ; 'shield' surrounding the nearly invisible minibrot at the ; center. The name "Shield of Chaos" refers to this feature. ; ; Since the image is of relatively modest magnitude, the ; calculation time is a relatively reasonable 12 minutes, a span ; of time that few but the most impatient fractalists will miss. ; ; For the convenience of the impatient or those with DOSaphobia- ; stricken computers, the finished image is posted for instant ; viewing at: ; ; ; ; The image is posted in high definition at: ; ; ; ; The classic FOTD web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; Partly cloudy skies with a muggy high temperature of 88F 31C ; made for a lazy day today here at Fractal Central. The laziness ; was briefly interrupted in the afternoon by a drenching thunder- ; shower, but within 1/2 hour the sun was again shining and the ; laziness returned. The fractal cats, in keeping with the spirit ; of the day, passed the time being lazy. At one point, Cassie ; tried to get fresh with Nico, but the big guy has better sense ; than to get involved in such activity on such a lazy day. ; ; The humans did mostly nothing, which is what they are best at, ; though FL was still recovering from Saturday's wet kayak trip ; down the river. The next FOTD, another scene deep in the ; Mandelbrot set, will be posted in 24 hours. Another rating of a ; 9 is not guaranteed however. Until then, take care, and if you ; believe that the five physical senses give a true and total ; picture of reality, then use your common sense and become a ; materialistic, scientific rationalist. (Whatever one of them ; is!) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Shield_of_Chaos { ; time=0:12:12.26-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.2560793137735\ 0679724147/0.382892246842947145144187/8.49528e+019\ /1/17.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=3000 bailout=16 inside=0 logmap=588 periodicity=6 colors=0006FJ7FJ7FI7FI8FH8FH8FG9FG9FF9FFAFEAFEAFDA\ FDBFCBFCCFCCFCDFCDFCEFCEFCFFCFFCGFCGFCHGCHGCIGCIHC\ JHCJGCKGCKFCLECLDCLCCJCCIBCGACF8CD6CC4CD7BE9BFBAGE\ AIG9LI9OK8RN8UP7XR7_T6bW6eY5i_5la4od4sf3wh3zj3zl6z\ m8znBzpDzqGzy_zYVzeMzmD1QWKUOaYGsa8qNVp8pYNpXOfWPX\ SDOO2FMcHBK8POqCCRmrDX_8GI4hysiZ9UN6FB3uStrkO_WGIG\ 8901JR79D3xwwhhhUUUFFFGMpCGb8BQ45D1Co09b06Q03Dtbae\ TSSJJE991p90Q4Fkkdv1Rb0DJ0IbUCQK6DAoDEQ67BeZ7SN3EB\ oDdZ3RH1DlBmO5PxH6U839VITQOJHG988LlkAOOL7AF57A3551\ 2V_ZNRQFIH798r3pd2bR1QD0DMjkEVW7FGL3nA1PJRN9DB3wD2\ h91U60F3T_Q`xzRhmIUM9FBzBzV5D5gJ3kE2T91B4SCoimZKsY\ ASHHG`cyoUibKVQAFDmKUPAFVYTggMmiLrjLjdScZZWTePNkTM\ hWLfZKdaJadI_gHYjGWWPOHXH2dA8`IEYPKVWQSbWPiaMpgJwb\ RvZYuVdtYcs`crccqfcpicolcnocmrmmhmXZmGPm0VzC`zOfz_\ lzjpz_szPvzEyz3szAmzGhzMbzSXzYSzcMziHzoLzfPzYTzPXz\ G_z8azBbzEczGdzJezLXzObzN } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;