FOTD -- May 28, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: How about a trip to Seahorse Valley of the Mandelbrot set? Every so often I get an uncontrollable desire to return to the M-set to see what new old-stuff I can dredge up. Today I have dredged up a minibrot in a period-20 star on the west side of the north branch of the valley. Minibrots in Mandelbrot stars are nothing new, but today's image seems just far enough above average to meet FOTD standards. The name "Seahorse Valley Scene" tells it like it is. The rating of a 6 says that the image is a little above average. On my fractal dedicated machine the image finishes before the video can switch to SF5 mode. On any machine it should finish in no more than one minute. But why worry about calculation at all? The trip to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> is effortless, and the image may be seen there in all its virtual glory. Another midsummer-like day passed without incident here at Fractal Central on Thursday. With the cool air now running at FC, the fractal cats passed the day in blissful comfort, while the outside temperature reached 91F 33C. They were disturbed only by a late-afternoon cat fight that erupted nearby. My day was acceptable, and there was no fight, of the human or cat kind. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and how can anyone be naive enough to think we puny humans can halt the earth's natural warming cycle by pass- ing some meaningless laws that do nothing but make us feel good? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= SeahorseValeyScene { ; time=instantly on a P4-2000mhz reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-0.7579385211067\ 7/+0.07655879014348/1.791076e+010/1/173.7/0 float=y params=0/0 maxiter=12000 inside=0 colors=000FMHHLIILJKLJMKKOKKPKLRJMmJzmJzmIzYIm_Ima\ HmbHQdHRfGRhGSkHTiGShGSgGRfGReGRdGQcGQbGPaGP`GP_GO\ ZGOYGNXGNWGNVMHVRBVX5Va0U`3U`6U_9U_CUZFUZHUZKUYNUY\ QUXTUXVUXYUczUqzUnzUkzUhzUczUZzUUzUTwUTyVWxVYxV_wW\ awWcvWevXguXiuXktYmtYosYqs_nt`ktaitcftddteatf_thXu\ iUujSulPumNunKuoIugFi`CZU9ON6DY75_A6`C7aE7cH8dJ8eL\ 9fN9hQAiSAjUBkWBmZCn`CobDpdDrgEsiEtkFumFpiIkeLfbOa\ ZRXWUSSXNP_ILbDGfEIeEJdFKcFMbGNbGOaHQ`HR_IS_IUZIXY\ JYXJ_WK`WKaVLbUMcTQdTUeSYfRagQeiUilQmoNqrKuuGvtHws\ IwrJwqKwpKwoKwnKwmKwlKwkKwjKwiKwhKwgKwfKzeJydIycHy\ bGyaGy`Fx_FxZFxYFxXExXExYEwZEw_Ew_Dw`DwaDvbDvbCvcC\ vdCveCxfBveCtdCrcCpbCnaDl`Dj_DhZDfYDdXEbWE`VEZUEXT\ EVSFTRFRQFPPFNOFLNGJMGHLGFKG9LHDKGGJFJIFMHEPGESFDV\ EDYDCaCBdBBgAAj9Am89p79s68z42v58r5En5Jj6Pf6Ub6_Z7d\ V7jS7oTAnTDmTGlTJkTMjTPiTSiUVhUYgU`fBLRBLQBLOBLNAM\ MAMLAMJ9NI9NH9NG9NFBMGDMH } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================