FOTD -- February 07, 2010 (Rating 6.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Due to my semi-expert coloring, today's image is rather pleasant to look at, rather like a glass of fine wine. How could I not name it "Wine-Dark Fractal"? The object at the center is a minibrot of order 10.5, which explains the peculiarities, such as splitting filaments and lack of any kind of symmetry. The parent fractal is basically a Mandelbrot set with lots of added attractions scattered about. The added attractions in today's parent M-set lie along the negative spike, which, when examined closely, is found to be infinitely divided. Today's image is located near but not exactly on this shattered spike The rating of 6.5 includes a 1/2-point bonus for my semi-expert colors. The calculation time of 24 seconds will pass in a flash. Those who dislike flashes may observe the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> About 10 inches, 25cm of snow piled up overnight Friday here at Fractal Central. When the snow ended at 10am Saturday, the rest of the day was cloudy with a temperature of 28C -2C. The snow here is rather notable, but nowhere near the 30 inches or 76cm my sister reports are on the ground back at Old Fractal Central, where Thomas, the last fractal cat of Old Fractal Central, sinks in up to his middle. The new fractal cats here at New Fractal Central ignored the snow. Their biggest excitement came when a pack of starlings landed in the yard to pick up the bread crumbs FL put out. As expected, my day was spent in sidewalk clearing and little else. The next FOTD is not only due, but might actually be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and even if we do find the Higgs particle, what will be the benefit to the everyday man on the street? Then again, maybe God is a particle. Or did He merely create the particles? And if He did, who or what the heck made Him? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Wine-Dark_Fractal { ; time=0:00:24.15-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinalDivideBrot function=recip center-mag=-1.653872103168748/+0.000261245191652/\ 3904061/1/-30/-0 params=10.5/1000000/0/0 float=y maxiter=6400 inside=0 logmap=32 periodicity=6 colors=000COmBLkAIi9Fg9Ce89c76a63_60Z93RB5KD7DJ9EO\ AFUBFZCGdDHiEZkOclYfmgrnqxmzurzxuzzzzzSE2PI3MN4JR4\ GW5D_5eZIdYKdYLdXMdXNdWOdWPdVQdVRcVTcUUcUVcTWcTXcS\ YmSZmS_mU`mW`mY`m_`m``mbamdamfamhamiamf`md_mb_m`Zz\ ZZzXYzVYzTXzRXzPWzNWzUXz`XzgXznXzuXzrWzpWzmVzkVzhU\ zfUzcSz`RzYPzVOzSMzQLzNKzKIzHHzEFzBEz9DzJAzS7z`5zi\ 2zr0zn3zj5zf8zbAzZCzVFzRHzNKzJMzFOzBRz7Tz4Vz4Uz4Tz\ 4Tz4Sz4Sz4Rz4Rz4Qz4Qz4Pz4Pz4Oz4OzBNzIMzOLJzLEzKAzJ\ 6zI2zI8zGEzEKzCPzBVz9`z7fz5kz4sz3zz2xz7vzCuzGozIjz\ JezL`zMVzOQzPLzRGzSDzVAzY7z`4zc3z_3zW3zS3zP3zL3zH3\ zD3zA6z99z9Cz9Fz8Iz8Kz8NzBQzETzHWzKZzNazQczTfzWizZ\ lzaozdrzgtzirzjpzjnzklzkjzlizlgzmezmcznazn_zoZzoYz\ oXzoWznWznVznUznUznTzmSzmRzmRzmQzmPzl0zePzlOzlNzlM\ zkMzkLzkKzkKzkJzjIzjHzjHzjGziFziFziEziDziCzhCzhBzh\ AzhAzh9zg8zg7zg7zg6zf5zf5zf4zf3zf2zeLzdJzbHz_FzYDz\ VBzT9zQ7zOAzRDzUBzM6zM1zM } frm:FinalDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=(-b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))-c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================