FOTD -- April 29, 2010 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With nothing better at hand on Wednesday, I returned to the warhorse (but not stale) Mandelbrot set and checked the south- east shore of the main bay, where I found today's scene in an infinitesimal spiral in a tiny spiral in a small spiral. I named the image "East-Valley Study" even though its location is not quite far enough around to actually lie in East Valley. As expressed in the name, today's image is basically a study in getting smooth coloring with only a measly 256 colors to work with. I think I did rather well, and gave myself a whole point bonus, which adds up to a rating of an 8. The magnitude of the image is well into the range of arbitrary precision math. This makes the image a rather slow one, taking a little over 11 minutes to calculate. As always however, the already-calculated image is posted on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> where it may be seen instantly and enjoyed at leisure. Conditions remained rather brisk for the season here at Fractal Central on Wednesday, but the sun was strong and the temperature reached a rather pleasant 59F 15C. It was not quite good enough for the fractal cats, who gathered on their window shelf and wondered why the sun, which was so strong outside, was not reach- ing the shelf. When I explained that the angle of the sun was too high, they gave me a puzzled look and went to sleep. My day was satisfactory if not over-productive. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and dream onward. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= East-Valley_Study { ; time=0:11:09.54-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=0.36215\ 085944136195661173707/-0.0769690896257914660701519\ 7/3.231519e+021/1/37.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=3200 inside=0 logmap=565 periodicity=6 colors=000OKzPKzQKzRKySKxTKwUKvVKuWLtXMsXNrXOqWPpX\ PoVRkVShTTgSUfRUeRUdQUcQUaQTdPTfPSgPShPRiORjOQlOQn\ OQpTPqTPmUPiUOeVNaVMYWLWXKU_JUcHUfEUiCUm4UoAUpGUrL\ UsRRtXOv_LwbIxeFzhCzk9zm7zoAzqCzsEzuHzwJzzLzz_zzzz\ zz3Cj2Uo1ct0my3zz3zz3fv3`r3WmRQhPRcNSZMTUKUPJVK`RS\ UKRNERG8R23UA2RI2OQ1LX1Id0Fl0Cs09l6BeCCeF8_HDUIHOJ\ LJLPDMT7NX2O`9PXGPUNPQUQN`QJgQGsN4nQDiSLdVUZTb`Xab\ _`cc_efZfjYhmXipWegQa_LYSGUJBQB6N31Q85TD9WIDZMHaRL\ dWPg`TidWfeSdfPbgL`jIZmEXpBVs5Vr8VoBVmDVjGXgHZdI`a\ JbZKdWKfTKfQIbMG_IGXEHUBHQ8HN4IK1IH0IKGRNFPQEOTDDV\ D0YC2`C3cB5mF6rK8vP9zUAc8Ff7Jd6Ob5Sh1``4WU7SNANFDJ\ 8Gc3HC1IAefMbgT_h_XifUjmSktRnhQpXPsLOuAPsFPqKPoPPn\ UQjYQg`RcdR`gRXkSUnSQrSNuUStWXtXatZet`jtaotcttdxt`\ ynXzhTzbPzXLzRFzLKzDPzFUzHZzJczEhzKmzNrzPvzRzzTzzZ\ zzVzzRzzNzz5zz1zz7zzDzzJzzOzzNzzNzzFzzNzzVzzazzZzz\ WzzUzzRzzOzzMzzRzzWzz`zze } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================