FOTD -- May 04, 2012 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I see that the rating of today's image has dropped back to a 7. Well, I guess we'll just have to do something about that in the days to come. The image lies in the parent fractal that results when 6.6 negative parts of Z^(-1.6) are combined with 2.3 negative parts of Z^(-3.7) and (1/C) is added on each iteration. This parent is a north-south series of large bays, with the southernmost bay being the largest and also the most critical. Today's scene is located on the northeast shore line of this large southern bay, at the point where the buds appear ready to shrink to nothing. The name "Jewel of the Alps" is a misnomer. Neither the image nor the parent bears any resemblance to the Alps. The calculation time of 3 minutes will pass swiftly once the first coarse pass is finished and the awe-struck fractalist can see what is on the way. Find relief from the chore of calculation at the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> View the image in high definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> View all the FOTD images at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Today dawned foggy here at Fractal Central. The fog lifted in the morning, revealing a brilliant blue sky and puffy white clouds. The rest of the day brought a series of thunder-showers alternating with brilliant sunshine. The temperature of 84F 29C kept the fractal cats happy as they watched the falling rain. Then they decided that asking for food would be more profitable. The humans made it through the day with nothing to report other than a decorative tile that FL said flew off the kitchen wall and landed on the other side of the room. (Poltergeist activity perhaps!) The next FOTD will be posted as soon as I have it ready. Until whenever, take care, and successful people never follow the crowd, they set the path for the crowd to follow. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Jewel_of_the_Alps { ; time=0:03:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip float=y center-mag=+1.072149092896507/-1.169725033568325/\ 1.697931e+008/1/133.75/0 params=-6.6/-1.6/-2.3/\ -3.7/0/0/0/0 maxiter=3600 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=000ZloTooNroETj53eD1jL0oO3mR5lU7jW9iZBgaDfd\ FdfHciJalL`oNZqPYtRWwTVHOTyVUxXSxZRx`QxbPxdNxfMxhL\ xiKlaN`VPPOSEHUGJTIKSKMRMNQOOPQQORROTTNVUMXVLZXK`Y\ JfaGaZJYXMUUPQSSMPVINYEL`HK_KK_NJZQJZTIYWIYZHXaHXd\ GXmGWrFWkFVpEVhEUmDUeDU`LPYTK3X6B`FIcOQfXXiedlnnqx\ kowinwglwdkwbjw`hwYgwWfwUdvRcvPavN`vK_vIYvGXv3XuEW\ vPVv_UwjTwuTwqbgmlSlyAiiCgqEdeFbiH_aJYaKWWMTVORPPO\ NRMITJIUHBWFDXF8WFAWE8VE9UE7TD8TD7SD7RC7RC6TC6PB6O\ B6O101B6NA6MA5MA5L95K95J95J84I84H84H74G74F73E63E63\ D63C53C53B52A4294294283273173162152142141031021020\ 01000_h`Zf_YeZXdYWcXVbWUaVT`US_TSZSRYRQWRPVQOUPNTO\ MSNLRMLQLKPKJOJINIHLIGKHFJGEIFEHEDGDCFCBEBADA9C98A\ 9798787676565454343232121010JX7IW6IV6IV6HU6HU6HT6G\ T6GS6GS5FR5FR5FQ5EP5EP5EO5EO5DN5DN4DM4CM4CL4CL4BK4\ BK4BJ4AI4AI3AH39H39G39G39F38F38E38E27D27C27C26B26B\ 26A25A2592591481481471471 } 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=========================================