FOTD -- December 03, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Due to a minor rush here at FC on Thursday, the day I work on Friday's FOTD's, the discussion will be on the brief side. Today's image is an unperturbed view of the area of yesterday's image. I named it "Mandelbrot Eruption" because of the detail that suddenly erupted inside the central Julia-type feature as I raised the maxiter beyond 33,000. Actually, I'm not sure the Julia thing is actually a Julia thing at all. It certainly is no minibrot, nor does it resemble any Seahorse or East Valley type Julia set that I have come across. Of course, I have checked only an infinitesimal part of the total number of possible Z^2+C East-and-Seahorse type Julia sets. The rating of a 6 indicates a modest amount of artistic worth in addition to the mathematical interest. The calculation time of 54 seconds will demand no patience at all. Simply copy this entire letter into the Fractint directory (folder), in text mode, with a *.par extension, and run it as you would any other parameter file. And if Paul's recovery is on schedule, the finished image already is or soon will be available on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Scudding clouds, brisk winds and a temperature of 36F +2C brought the feeling of winter to the Fractal Central area on Thursday. The fractal cats would have preferred more sun, but were reasonably happy by the heat. With the work backup cleared away, my day was satisfactorily busy. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and I lean toward conservative views, and I think we're fighting for freedom, but I always wonder what it is that we're fighting to be free from. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= MandelbrotEruption { ; time=0:00:54.54-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.2985719667698\ 861/-0.01848742851637421/2.480859e+012/1/155/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=33225 inside=0 outside=summ periodicity=0 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000mGNkGLiGJgHHeHFcHDbHCg3qd4rb5r`5rZ6rX6rV\ 7rT8rR8rP9rN9rLArJBrHBrFCrDCrBGsAKs9Os8St7Vt6Zt5bu\ 4fu3iu7frAcoD`mHYjKWhNTeQQbUN`XKY_IWbFTfCQi9Ol6Lo4\ JTHC6T5L`BZgGloLzvQzuHuzVzzhhzgzzfOzezzd3zczzc4Ic5\ Jc6Jb6Jbzzb7zbzza9zazzaAzazzazz`Cz`Cz`DM`DM_EN_FN_\ FN_GNZGOZHOZIOZIPZJPYJPYKPYLQYLQXMQXMQXNRXORWORWPS\ WPSWQSWRSVRTVSTVSTVTTUUUUUUUVUUVUUWTTWSTWRTWQSWPSW\ PSWOSWNRWMRWLRWKQWKQWJQWIQWHPWGPWFPWFPWEOWDOWCOWBN\ WANWANW9NW8MW7MW6MW5LW5LW4LW3LW2KW1KW0KW0KY0LZ0M_0\ N`0Oa0Ob0Pc0Qd0Re0Rf0Sg0Th0Ui0Uj0Vl0Wm0Xn0Xo0Yp0Zq\ 0_r0_s0`t0au0bv0bw0cx0dy0ez0ew2au3Ys5Uq6Qo7Mm9IkAE\ iCAgD6eE2cG7aIB`KFZMJXONWQRUSVSUZRWbPYfN_jManKcrJd\ vIcuIbtHat00L00M00N00O10P20Q30R40S50T60U70V70W60X6\ 0Y60Z50_50`40a40b30c30d41e52f63f64e65e56d57c48c49b\ 4Ab3Ba3C`2D`2D_1C_1BZ1BZ2F`3Ia4Mc5Pd5Se6Wg7Zh8bj9e\ k9hlAlnBooCsqDvrDysFwqoGP } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================