FOTD -- August 14, 2011 (Rating 9) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's FOTD image we return to the theme of the month -- the land deep within the Mandelbrot set. We check a minibrot that lies in the East Valley of a larger minibrot that in turn lies just beyond the main spike of the still larger minibrot at -1.417 on the main spike of the Mandelbrot set. The image rates a lofty 9, one point of which is due to the coloring. At first I considered adding more colors to the image, but the more I looked at it, the more pleased I became with the subdued blue theme. The name "Sparking Elephants" is a play on the word 'spiking', which might not be a word at all. The spikes are evident throughout the image, pointing straight away from the barely visible minibrot at the center. And the image does have a kind of electric atmosphere about it. The calculation time of 52 minutes is slow enough to make viewing the image on the FOTD web site the better choice. The web site may be accessed at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition is at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The classic web site with all images since April 1997 may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Sunday left a lot to be desired here at Fractal Central. Heavy clouds kept a blanket over the area all day, while intermittent rain killed all hopes of a pleasant day. The fractal cats showed their fractal nature by being in two places at once. But since there are two fractal cats, this is not much of a paradox. The humans found enough indoor stuff that needed doing to prevent boredom from setting in. I killed one hour counting the scientific errors in one of those pop-science shows on one of the supposedly 'educational' channels. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and Atheists should be more specific in describing what they *DO* believe about the origin of the universe. When they claim that 'it all just happened by meaningless cosmic accident', they are not answering the question, they are expressing their ignorance, which leaves them open to attack from believers who feel they 'know' where the universe came from. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Sparking_Elephants { ; time=0:52:41.67-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.4189\ 1243194492188838422868091/0/3.22027e+025 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=32767 inside=0 symmetry=xaxis colors=000GOMIOMIOOIOOIPOIPPIPPIPPIPRIPRIRRIRRIRTI\ RTIRTIRVITVITVITXITXITXITZIVZIVZIV`IV`IV`IVbIXbIXb\ IXdIXdIXdGTiIVmIVmHXmHXmHXmHZmGZmG_mH_mH_mH_mH_mH_\ mH_mF_mD_mD_mB_m9_m9_m7_m5`m5`m5`p5`r6`r6`r6`r8`r8\ `pA`pA`pA`pBbpBbpDbpDbmFbmFbmFbmGbmGbmIbmIbkIbkKdk\ KdkMdkMdkMdiOdiOdiPdiPdiPdiRdiRdgTegTegTegVegVegXe\ gXeeXeeZeeZee`ee`eedddbeebee`ee`eeZgeZggZggXggXggV\ igVigTiiTiiTkiRkiRkiPkiPkkOmkOmkOmkMmkMpkKpmKpmKpm\ IpmIrmGrmGrpFrpFrpFtpGtpItrKtsMvtOvuQvvSvwUvxWxyYx\ z_xzaxzczzezzgzzizzkzzmzzrzvrzymzxmzxmzxmzxmzxmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzkzzizxgzxezxczxazx_xxYvvXvvWtvVtvUrvTpv\ SptRmtQmtPktOitNitMgtLgrKerJdrIdrGbrEbrC`pAZp8Zp6X\ p4Xp2Vp0Vp0Xp0Xp0Xp0Vp0Vm0Ti0Tg0Re1Rb2P`2PZ4OV5OT6\ MR5LO6IM7HK7EG6DF7AD89A878604655655655656656656668\ 66866866A66A66A68B68B68B68D79D8AD9DFAEFBFFCGFDHGEI\ GFLGGMIGMIGMIGMKGMKGOKGOM } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================