FOTD -- February 28, 2012 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image, a scene in one of the infinity of Z^(1.5)+C Mandeloids, rates an 8, in my opinion. The parent fractal is a lumpy thing. It has a large minibrot lying in a field of debris just southwest of its main body. This minibrot vaguely resembles a Mandelbrot set with its west half cut off and two East Valleys instead of one. Today's image lies in one of the two East Valleys of this minibrot. The rating of an 8, which includes a full point for the coloring, might be a bit too liberal for an image with such a dark aura. The rating is based mostly on the effect of sunlight breaking through dark clouds, though the 'sun' is actually only a minibrot. The name "Ominous Foreboding" expresses the dark, threatening feeling that the image somehow brings. The calculation time of 2-1/2 minutes will pass quickly by fractal standards, where calculation times of hours or days are common. And the FOTD web sites can eliminate even this brief wait. Save time and energy. Visit the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> where the image has already been calculated and is posted in finished form. The high definition image is posted in at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original classic FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Total sun and a mild temperature of 48F +9C made today an unusually pleasant end-of-February day here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats, who never worry about the outdoor conditions, were quite happy with the weather, and spent most of the afternoon stretched out in the sun on their shelf. With too much repetitious things to do, we humans rarely get to stretch out in the sun. We spent the day doing stuff too ordinary to be worth mentioning. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if everything is an illusion as mystics say, then the realization that everything is an illusion must also be an illusion. And of course, it follows logically that the above sentence must also be an illusion. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ominous_Foreboding { ; time=0:02:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 periodicity=6 center-mag=-0.791927327867/-0.10521281488/1567359/\ 1/-82.5/0 params=1.55/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=255 logmap=263 colors=000400500600500700000100200300400501A00E19F\ 2HG3P03E03J13O23U33c43m53z69v7Fr8Km9QhAWcB`cCfcDkc\ HlcKlcOlcRmcVmcYmcamcdnchnckncnncomcolcolcokcpkcpj\ cpjzpizpqzqszqzzqqzqxzqzzpzzpzzpzzpzzzzzzzzzzzzzzk\ kHkkJkkKkjLkjMkjOkjPkiQkiRkiSkiUkhVkhWkfXkhYjfZie_\ i__h``h``g_acVafXbeWbeUcVKcZRdcQdbOeG9XOEf`KgHETG3\ U95M87K38F97N85G84K52I61O60L60Z70ZA0WD0UF0SX4dY4b_\ 4_`4Yb5Wb5Uc5Sd5Pf6Ng6Lh6Jf6Hg7Jh8Kh9Mh9NfAOfBQeCR\ eCSdDUbEVaFW`FY_GZYH_XIaWIbUJcTKeSLfQLgPMiONjNNkQQ\ iSShVUfNuSNvVMvYMw`LwcLxfLxhuJNrIRpHUnGXlF_jFbhEef\ DhdCkbCneBvcAya9zd9zfHxhProXkvd`xkbyrdzyevwgruiotk\ krlgqndop`nrXlsUkuQiwNhx`Y6a_8a`AbaCbbDbdFceHcfJcg\ KfPZi6lkAjlDimGhnJfoMepPdrSbsVatY`u`ZvcYwfXtgZqh_n\ iakjbhkdfkeclg`mhYnjVokTomQpnNqpKrqHssFstHroIqkKpg\ LocNn_OnWPmSRlOSkKUjGViCWi8NzzEzz6zz5zz4zz3zz2zz2z\ z5zz8zzAzzDzzFzzIzzOzzzzz } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================