FOTD -- March 30, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The expression behind today's image combines 1.5 negative parts of Z^(-0.75) with 0.4 negative part of Z^(1.4), then adds straight C. The parent fractal consists of an oblong main bay with sharp Mandelbrot characteristics only on its east side and patches of chaos scattered about its inside. The whole fractal has filaments sprouting from it, with exceptionally large minibrots on the two most prominent filaments, which sprout from the northwest and southwest sides of the main bay. Today's image is located in a vague 'elephant trunk' in the East Valley area of the southwest minibrot. The rating of a 7 means the image is comfortably within the range worthy of being declared FOTD. The name "Emerald Enterprise" refers to the emerald colors, which to me actually appear a bit washed out. The rather slow calculation time of 13-1/2 minutes may be bypassed by tripping out to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> and viewing the image in all its subdued glory there. The dry but cloudy skies here at Fractal Central on Monday held enough bright patches to make the day not too unpleasant. The temperature of 59F 15C kept things reasonably comfortable. The fractal cats, who enjoy comfort, spent the afternoon on their shelf, waiting for the full sun to break through. It never did. My day was totally average. The work is slow and FL is still on a cleaning binge. The next FOTD will be posted in its full glory in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and how long will it be until the friendly alien visitors show that they are actually alien conquerors? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Emerald_Enterprise { ; time=0:13:29.60-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident float=y center-mag=-5.433119641201442/-10.57593444927423/\ 5e+007/1/-45/0 params=-1.5/-0.75/-0.4/1.4/0/500/0/0 maxiter=15000 inside=0 logmap=742 periodicity=6 colors=000BTLBTwBTVBVoBXc6Zh0Zk0Zo0Zm0Zm8ZmFZmMZkT\ ZkVZoaZmdZcdX`cXXcWTaVQaXL`TF`U9ZV4ZS0TT0QQ0MT0IT0\ FQ0BS08T04T00T00T10S80QB0SB0VD0XF0VH0VI0VL4VMBVMIV\ LQVIXTHcTFjTFpTDwTBzT9zT9zX4rZ0j`0aa0Vc0MTFDId69z1\ Hy0Ou0Tp0`m0fh0kd0r`0yX0zS0zO0zL0zO0zS0zV0zZ0za1zd\ 6zh8zkBzoDzrHzuLzyMzzQzzSzzOzzMztIyoHwhDucBtX8rS6p\ L1oF0m80k18j4Fh6Of8Vd8ScDQaHM`LLZOHZSFZVDZZ9Za8Zd4\ Zh1Zk0Zo0Zk0Zh0Zf0Zc0Z`0ZZ0ZV0ZS0ZQ0ZM0ZI0ZH0ZO0ZV\ 8faLohnwoszuyzzrzzlzrfzaGwM0o90fD0ZB0SH0XM0`VAccFf\ kKktPozUrzZuzcyzhzzmzzhzzczzZzzUuzPqzKlz0jt0ck0Zc0\ U`0Pa9SdHUfOZjXakcaojapddo`hmXkmSokOpkItjDwh9zh4zf\ 0zfDzhOzj`zkjzmfofcZ``IVX0OT0IX0L`0Mc0Of0Qj0Sm0Tp0\ Vt0Xw0Zz0`z0az0cz0dz0fz0cy6`rDZmzzzzT`zzzzOOzzzzI9\ zzzzD0zzzz80zzzz10zzzz00zzzz08z0Fz0Lz0Sz0Xz0az0hz0\ mz0rz0cz1OzD8zO0zZ0zhOzfzzfwzZpzSjzIczBXz1Qz0Iz0Bz\ 08z06z01z00z60z0zzIzzHzzO } 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, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================