FOTD -- March 25, 2012 (Rating 8.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's FOTD is late. The reason is that there were so many other tasks waiting to be done here at Fractal Central that I had no time to prepare and post the image on schedule. To get the FOTD up to date, there will be no FOTD for March 26. Today's image is a scene deep in the FOTD image of two days ago, March 23, which is located in the Seahorse Valley of the largest minibrot in the north period-3 filament network. Other than the coloring, the greatest interest lies in the fine example of anti-bifurcation the image displays. The number of elements doubles and gets cut in half in a most unpredictable manner as the central minibrot is approached. The image earns the rating of an 8-1/2 because of this anti- bifurcation and also because of the spectacular emerald coloring. The name "The Emerald Path" is a comment on the color palette. The calculation time of 1-1/4 hours indicates that the image lies well within the range of arbitrary precision math. In cases like this, the FOTD web sites perform their greatest service by making the finished image available online almost instantly. To avoid the excessive calculation time, view the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> A high-definition version of the image is posted at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The past FOTD images may be seen at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A cloudy morning here at Fractal Central today gave way to some sun in the afternoon, but the clouds returned in the evening, ending the day on a somber note. The fractal cats would have preferred a temperature warmer than the 61F 16C, but took what they got without complaint. The humans had a day of recovery from the day before. The next FOTD is due to be posted about 32 hours from now. The odds are it will make it. Until whenever, take care, and when you dream that you are dreaming, are you really dreaming? Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Emerald_Path { ; time=1:15:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.1623\ 5016889422479413979673/1.035181817925917717562196/\ 2.45e+021/1/127/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=0000K00K00L00L00M00M00N00N00O00O00P00P00Q00\ Q00R00R00S00S00T00T00U00U00V00V00V00W00W00X00X00Y0\ 0Y00Z00Z00_00_00`01`02a03a04b05b06c07c08d09d0Ae0Be\ 0Cf0Df0Eg0Fg0Gh0Hh0Ii0Ji0Kj0Lj0Mk0Nk0Ol0Pl2Qm4Rm6S\ n8TnAUoCVoEWpGXpIYqKZqM_rO`rQasSbsUctWdtYeu_fuagvc\ hvcgwafw_exYdxWcyUbySazQ`yO_xMZxKYwIXwGWvEVvCUuATu\ 8St6Rt4Qs2Ps0Or0Nr0Mq0Lq0Kp0Jp0Io0Ho0Gn0Fn0Em0Dm0C\ l0Bl0Ak09k08j07j06i05i04h03h02g01g00f00f00e00e00d0\ 0d00c00c00b00b00a00a00`00`00_00_00Z00Z00Y00Y00X00X\ 00W00W00V00V00V00U00U00T00T00S00S00R00R00Q00Q00P00\ P00O00O00N00N00M00M00L00L00K00K00J00J00I00I00H00H0\ 0G00G00F00F00E00E00D00D00C00C00B00B00A00A009009008\ 00800700700600600500500400400300300200200100100000\ 00000000000010010020020030030040040050050060060070\ 0700800800900900A00A00B00B00C00C00D00D00E00E00F00F\ 00G00G00H00H00I00I00J00J0 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================