FOTD -- July 10, 2014 (Rating A-7,M-6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's polka-dotted image lies in the parent fractal that results when three negative parts of Z^(-2.3) are combined with one negative part of Z^(-7.7) and (1/C) is added on each iteration. The resulting fractal is a sprawling thing with a main bay that resembles Mickey Mouse lying on his right side. Today's scene is located in a filament extending from a lump on Mickey's right ear. The art rates a 7; the math rates a 6. There have been far better images in FOTD history, and we have been to this part of the world of fractal math many times before. The name "Spots Before the Eyes" simply describes the overall impression of the image. Calculating the scene with the logmap reset to zero and the outside set to 'tdis' eliminates some of the spottiness, but brings little improvement to the overall appearance of the image. Perhaps the best feature of today's FOTD is its unusually brief calculation time of 30 seconds, which is quite surprising especially considering the image's magnitude of over 10^12. The web sites are always there to eliminate any residual impatience. The finished image is posted online at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> Near perfect weather prevailed here at Fractal Central today. Near perfection is defined as partly cloudy skies, lower humidity and a temperature of 82F 28C. The two fractal cats enjoyed the conditions to the most of their cat ability, while the fractal humans, with other things to do, paid little attention to the outside conditions. The next FOTD will be posted in a day or so. A FOTD posting every other day seems to be becoming the new FOTD normal, but this is not a permanent change in the schedule. Until whenever, take care, and there were several tornadoes in the local area two days ago. Believe it or not, the number of resulting power outages made bigger news than the damage and deaths caused by the storm. Even today the outages are still the top local story. When a few days without electricity and the resulting unendurable disconnection from the rest of the world is seen as a greater disaster than the deaths of five people, I begin to suspect we have become a bunch of underactive overweight tech- addicts who are much too fascinated with and dependent on the latest hi-tech gadgets. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= SpotsBeforeTheEyes { ; time=0:00:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=+0.8469945718775622/-1.054897773204772/\ 1.6466e+012/1/70.5/0 params=-3/-2.3/-1/-7.7/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=52 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000000600CF60I9HNCAYF_dIPkLzsO_c`xKlkAy6IU0\ AAA4WHL`eezdkzdazdUzaKzZ9mZ0zW1cY2UY4K`4AyI_zU0zjY\ zzzlwzhswdqq`nkWkeSh`OeVKcPO_`RVjURuWMz_Kzzzzzzzzz\ zjzzczzWzyPzxIzwCsn7ce2MY04PCIdKKeRLgYLhcMjjOkqOlx\ PnzPnx_`shMor7hz0az0dz0er2hh9j_HlPOnFUq4`r0en1hj7j\ gFlcLn_SqWYrSduPjwgYuxMuzAuzCxuEykFzcHzUIzKKz9Lz0L\ z0ao6PSEC26AK09Y09k0Hg0Mc0S`0_W0dU0jP0oMq42hE1`M1S\ V1La1PgRSlnPjnMgnKdnHanE`nOWoWUqdPrnMswIuzFwzCxzIq\ zOjxUcr_WndPhjIdnAVu6Lz2Az01z0Cz1Mn7VaCdRIlEMw0Sz0\ Wu0`l0cd0eV1jM4lE7o4ArW6Pu10o94kHEeOMaVVaSUaPSaMRa\ KPaHO_6U`4P`2L`1H`0ECyd9zj6zo2zs1zy0zz0zz0zzucYlcV\ dcSWcPOcMFjK6sH0zE0cC0cA1cLEcVOccLz`KzYIzVHzUFzRFz\ OFzLFzIFzFFzCLzCPzCUzCYzCazCezCazA_z9Wz7Sz6Pz4Mz2K\ z1SzA`zKhzSqz`yzhzzqzzxgzRAz0Fz0Kz0Oz0Rz2Vz6_z9azC\ ezEhzFkzHnzMqzSszYwzcyzhzznzzrrzwezzUzzRzyOzuLzqIz\ kFzgCzc9z_KzgUzoazxkzzszz } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, esc=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================