FOTD -- October 18, 2009 (Rating 8.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Little can be said about today's image, which must be seen to be believed. Unmatched in its extravagance, it is truly an image, that speaks for itself. The parent fractal also must be seen to be believed. The most incredible part of this Mandelbrot set parent is that only half of it is there. The western half has moved on to a higher dimension, and has been replaced by a field of scattered stars and planets. Today's image is located just beyond the large period-5 bud on the northwest shore line of the main bay of the parent half-M-set, almost exactly on the line where the M-set is vanishing. It is located a curious area of chaos in the East Valley of a larger minibrot. There is so much of interest in the image that I failed to find a single theme in it that might inspire a name. I finally named it "Simply Outstanding", which says it all. Actually, the colors of the image are a bit too disorganized to earn a top rating. The rating of 8-1/2 is high enough however. The chief drawback is the calculation time of over 22 minutes, though this time may be cut to a minute or so by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> But due to the odd hour of this posting, give Paul a chance to get it posted on the site. Heavy clouds and a steady cold rain mixed with a few snowflakes left Saturday a day with much to be desired here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats were so disgusted that they passed most of the day squatted down and sulking. Except for the better-than-expected fractal, my day was uneventful. The next FOTD will be posted in 8 hours, more or less. Until then, take care, and when the going gets tough, get tough and get going. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Simply_Outstanding { ; time=0:22:25.04-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=-0.4910502171778077/+0.6046112975128152\ /6.404988e+011/1/27.5/0 params=0.5/31.67 passes=1 maxiter=13500 inside=0 logmap=2675 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000RpgRpgRphSphSpiSpiSpiSpjSpjTpkWDyODyHDzA\ Dz4Ml5Sf5Y`6bW6hQ7nK1tE4sF7sFAsGDsGGsHJsHMrIPrISrJ\ VrJYrKatL`sK`rK`qK`qJ`pJ_oJ_nI_nI_mI_lHZkHZkHZjGZi\ Gbh9`iDZiGYjKWjNUkRTkURlXPl`OmcMmgKnjIlgHidGfaFc_B\ TN7IA9HCBHDDHEFHFHHGJHHKGIMGJOGKQGLSGMUGNUDLVFNVGO\ VHPVIQVJSVLTVMUVNVVOXVPYVRZVS_VTaVUbVVcTXcVWdWWdYW\ eZWe_VfaVfbVfcVgeVgfUhgUhiUijUi_0KoVlkUihTfeScbR`_\ QYXPVUOSROPONMLMJILGFKDCJA9I76H43H29M6ERAJVDP_HUdL\ ZhOzzSizWnzZzzRzjKzdCzX2zY4zZ5m_7c`8Ya9XbBVbCUcESd\ FReGPfIOgJNgKSjUXmcaolbijbdicZhcUgdOedJdeDce8b_D_U\ HYOLWJPTDTR7XP2`N3YQ3WT3TW3RZ3P`3Mc3Kf3Hi3Fk3Dn3Al\ 38o36q6Ao8DmAGkCJjENhHQfJTdLWcN_aPbdSebUhaWl_YoY_r\ WauVOp`BkeAib9m`9mZ8mX7mU7mS6mQ5XO5mMKmRKmRKmRKmSK\ mSKmSLnTLnTcnUmnUmnUmnVmnVmnWmnWmnWmnWmnXmnXmnYznY\ znYznZznZznZzo_zo_zo`zo`zo`zoazoazobzobzobzoczoczo\ dzodzodzoezoezoezpfzpfzpg } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================