FOTD -- December 14, 2006 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's curious image exists in the fractal created by the formula Z^(1.05)+C as it appears 555 levels up the logarithmic spiral. The very low-order parent fractal consists of little more than a large bay, with a partly jagged and partly chaotic shoreline. The whole thing somewhat resembles a comet. Today's scene is located in a chaotic area on the northern shoreline of the bay. I named the image "Curling Floaters", which fairly well describes it. When I look at the image, I see a blue sky in the background nearly obscured by a writhing mass of curly things rising from below. Others may see almost anything their imagina- tion can picture. I rated the image at a 6. It has no midget at the center, but it is still a rather enjoyable fractal to observe, with an unusually pronounced 3-dimensional effect produced entirely by the coloring. The render time of 5-1/2 minutes is within reason for such a fractal. Sometimes however, we have more pressing matters than calculating fractals. If today is such a day, do not despair. The finished image is or soon will be ready to be viewed on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A rainy morning gave way to a sunny afternoon here at New Fractal Central on Wednesday, while the temperature reached a balmy 54F 12C. More interested in play than weather, the fractal cats spent the day getting into various mischief. When their evening treats were served, they were totally exhausted. After taking two days off, I had a busy day catching up. But by the time dusk arrived, all was as it should be. The next FOTD will appear not quite by magic in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be prepared. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Curling_Floaters { ; time=0:05:XX.XX--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 center-mag=-6.18138/3.82175/2.069197/1/-155/5.1271\ 4870559705105e-014 params=1.05/0/555/1000 float=y maxiter=7500 inside=255 logmap=51 periodicity=10 colors=000pjZqjZqjZrk_rk_sk_sk`tk`tl`ulaulavlavlat\ j_rhZqgXoeWncUlbTk`RiZQhYOfWNeULcTKbRI`PHZNE_OG_PH\ `QI`RJaSKaTLbUMbVNcWOcXPdYQdZRd_Se`TeaUfbVfcWgdXgd\ Zhe_hf`igaihbjicjjdjkeklfkmglnhloimpjmqknrlnsmotno\ uooupnsqmrtlpwkozkmzjlzijzhizggzgfzfdzeczdazd`zc_z\ bYzaXz`Vz`Uz_SzZRzYPzXOzXMzWLzVJzUIzUHzVIzWIzWIzXI\ zXIzYIzZIzZJz_Jz_Jz`JzaJzaJzbJzbKzcKzdKzdKzeKzeKzf\ KzfKzgLzhLzhLziLziLzjLzkLzkMzlMzlMzmMznMznMzoMzoNz\ pNzqNzqNzrNzrNzsNzsNzqOzpOznOzmOzlOzjOziOzhOzfOzeO\ zdOzbOzaOz`OzZOzYOzXOzVOzUOzSOzROzQOzOOzNOzMOzKOzJ\ OzIOzGOzFOzEOzCOzBOzAOz8Oz7Oz5Nz6Oz7Pz8Qz9QzARzBSz\ CSzDTzEUzEVzFVzGWzHXzIXzJYzKZzLZzM_zM`zNazOazPbzQc\ zRczSdzTezUezUfzVgzWhzXhzYizZjz_jz`kzalzalz`kz_jzZ\ jzYizXhzWhzVgzVfzUfzTezSdzRdzQczPbzPbzOazN`zM`zL_z\ KZzJZzJYzIXzHXzGWzFVzEVzDUzBSzDUzEWzFXzGZzH`zJazKc\ zLezMfzNhzOjzQkzRmzSozTpz } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================