FOTD -- July 22, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: When the going gets tough, the tough get going . . . to the Mandelbrot set for their fractals. Things were a bit tough here at FC on Wednesday, so I got going to the M-set. I checked one of the 'perturbed' sets and found a super-spiral at the edge of a small period-26 ghost-bud on the southern shore line of the main bay of the M-set. A quick bit of fancy color work produced today's image. I named the image "Infinite MegaSpiral". The spiral is a huge one, sure to please every fan of fantastic spirals, and it goes on down to infinity. The rating of a 6 is held down by the over-familiarity of the Mandelbrot set. The 'perturbed' sets are less familiar, but also less pleasing. The calculation time of 10 seconds is faster than light, which means the calculation will finish a few seconds before it begins. The way to avoid such paradoxes is to view the image already calculated on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Heat and humidity made things rather unpleasant for both man and cats here at Fractal Central on Wednesday. But the weather took a sudden turn for the better at 6pm, when a sharp thunder-shower moved in and dropped the temperature from the high of 93F 34C to a comfortable 75F 24C. And the 1cm of rain was just what FL's garden needed. The fractal cats ducked for cover when a sudden crack of thunder from a nearby lightning strike shook the house, but showed their noses as soon as the all-clear was sounded. My day was busy enough to keep concern away and slow enough for me to find a quick scene in the workhorse Mandelbrot set. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be aware that, for some reason, the type=mandel formula of Fractint actually calculates the square root of the complex number that is entered as the parameter. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= InfiniteMegaSpiral { ; time=0:00:10.09-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.1941\ 3664/-0.64652523/2666/1/87.5/0 params=0.7598287/\ 0.66929145 float=y maxiter=32767 inside=0 logmap=24 colors=000U`_U`_U`_U`_U`_U`_U``U_`UZ`UYaUYaUXaUWbU\ VbUVbUUbUTcUScURcURdUQdUPdUOdUOeUNeUMeULfUKfUKfUJf\ UIgUHgUHgTGhSFhREhQDhPDiOCiMBiLAjKAjJ9jI8jH7kG6kF6\ kE5lD4lC3lB3lC4kC5jC6iC7hC8hC9gC9fCAeCBeCCdCDcCEbD\ EbDFaDF`DF_DF_DFZDFYDFXDFXDFWDFVDFUDFUCFVCFVCFWBFW\ BFWBFXAFXAFYAFYAFY9FZ9FZ9F_8F_8F_8F`7F`7F`7Ea7Ea6D\ b6Db6Db5Cc5Cc5Bc5Bc4Ac4Ac49c39c38c38c27c27c26c26c1\ 5c15c14c04c03c03c03c14c15c25c26c26c37c38c48c49c49c\ 5Ac5Ac5Bc6Cc6Cc7Dc7Dc7Ec8Ec8Fc9Gc9Gc9HcAHcAIcAIcBJ\ cBKcCKcCLcCLcDMcDMcDNcEOcEOcFPcFPcFQdGQeGRfHSgHShH\ TiITjIUkIUlJVmJWnKWoMXpOXqQXrSWsUVtWUuYTv_SwaRxcQy\ ePzePzdPzdPzcUzcUzcUzbUzbUzaUzaUzfmzemzemzemzdmzdm\ zcmzcmzcmzbmzbmzamzamzamz`mz`mzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzz\ uzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuz\ zuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzzuzz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================