Zooming deeper into the center of yesterdays post Shut Eye doubles the number of arms. Here is a link to a web page with an image: http://www.fracton.org/fmlposts/spike_star.html The parameter file used to make the image: Spike_Star { ; Exported from Fracton. ; time = 10 min 52 sec at 640 x 480 with no aa ; on a Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Xeon ; by Mike Frazier, public domain reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 float=y center-mag=-0.637200976593501474305583909687372908\ 30227891481784063632604796741094157599156894004533\ 254891959565453745/-0.4949950432196933461151370819\ 73050495783472228433228355943547904232277233494056\ 06774192000330176229172915/2.150537661290323e+90/1\ /-10/0 params=0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0 maxiter=10000 inside=0 proximity=0 colors=siVulYxn_zpawn`tk_piYmfXjdWgaVcZT`WSYURVRQR\ OPOLOKJNHGMDDLAAKADMAGNAIPALQAOSARUBUWBXYB__CbaCec\ ChfCkhDnjDqlDtnCqlBmjBjiAfg9cf8_d8Xc6SY5NS4IM3EH29\ B145000311632943D54G75J87MA8QB9TCAWEBZFCbHEfHBjH9n\ H7pH6rH5vH3zH0vH2rG3mE2hD2cB2ZA2U81P71K51F41A30510\ 000330760BA1ED1IG1LJ1PN2SQ2WT2_W2b_3fb3ie3mh3ql4tq\ 3wu1zz0ww1tt2pp3mm5jj6gg7cc8``9YYAXVBURBROBOKBLHBJ\ DBGABD6CA3C80CC4CH8DMCDRGEWKE`OFeSFkWInZHqaHtcGwfG\ ziFwfFtdFqaEnZEkWEhUEeREaODZMDWJDTGDQDCNBCK8C41300\ 0443775BB8EFAIIDLMFPQISUKWXNZ`PbdSegUikXloZprasvcs\ vcsvcsvcqsaoq`mnZlkXjiWhfUfdTdaRbZP`XO_UMYRKWPJUMH\ SJFQIJOHMMFQKETIDWGB_EAbDCeCEgBGjAHm9Jp8Lr7Nu5Px5N\ u6Kr7Ho8El8Bi98fA5cB6`D6ZE7WF8UG8SH9QJANKBLMCIOFKQ\ HNSKPUNSWQUYSX_VZ`Y`b`cdcfffihiljlolornrulprkmnikk\ gihffdddabbZa`W_YSYWPWUMVRITPFRNCQK8OI5RK7TN9WPBYR\ D`TFbWHeYJg_LiaNkcPneRpgT } -- Mike Frazier www.fracton.org