FOTD -- August 23, 2011 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fiery image shows a scene rather deep in the prominent knot on the longest filament extending from the northeast shore line of the main bay of the large minibrot on the negative stem of the Mandelbrot set. The rating of a 7.5 includes 1/2 point for the coloring, which admittedly is a bit exaggerated but makes a lively picture nonetheless. I have been down to the minibrot at the center, and found it is less interesting than the scene in the image. The minibrot is surrounded with little more than a multitude of concentric circles with varying degrees of chaos. The name "A Fire Deep Inside" has nothing to do with a steamy romance novel. It refers to the lurid fiery hues filling the image. The calculation time of 58 minutes is slow. The better choice is to view the finished image on one of the FOTD web sites. The finished image may be viewed on the official FOTD web site, which may be accessed at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high definition version is available at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Near perfect weather once again prevailed here at Fractal Central today, with lots of sun and a temperature of 79F 26C. But the peace was broken by a sizable earthquake in the afternoon. The quake shook up things quite a bit and cracked a wall in the city administration building, which had to be evacuated. The cats of the fractal variety ignored the quake as they slept and chased each other up and down the long hallway. The humans had another day of being busy, which is better than being idle. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and the visible universe is about 27.5 light years in diameter. But we are seeing the most distant parts in the positions they occupied 13.7 billion years ago, and they have been receding at near light velocity since then. So how far away are those most distant parts at the present time? I guess it's all a matter of relativity. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Fire_Deep_Inside { ; time=0:58:18.64-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.7444\ 51874102962814298045297578235/0.022028759872824611\ 8223664753939981/7.165866e+028/1/-30.9/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=18000 bailout=16 inside=0 colors=00000M00N00O01P02Q03R04S05T06U07V18W39X4AY6\ BZ7C_C9XF6VI3TL0SO0QS0P_0O`0M`0La0Id0Fk0Cq29sF6uJ3\ xL6zT9z`CzgFzoJzuIzoGziFzcDz_CzXAzT9yQ7xO6vT4u_3sd\ 1rj0yo0uo0pl0lg1id4d_6`T9YTATTDPTGMTIITLDTMATP6TQ1\ TT0_Q0dV0fc0g`0dY0aV3YS6VP9SMCOJFLIIIFLDCOA9Q76T33\ X00P00V00_00c01i06m09r0Dv0Gz0Lz0Oz0Sz0Vz3Xy9XpFYiL\ YaQYTX_Ma_GfcFg_DgXCiTAiQ9iO7jL6jI0oD0r66jFC`PIPYO\ Fg_FpXDpS4rJ0v70z90zC1zD6wGAuIFvJJxMPzOTzQYzSazVfz\ XjzYoz_lz_jx_ir_gl_fg_da_cX`cQ`cL`cG`cA`c4`c0`c0`c\ 0Yc0Xc4VcATcFScLQcPPcVMcaOc_OcYOcVPcTPcSPcPQcOQcLQ\ cJQcIPcLPcMPcOPcPPcQPcSPcTOcXOcYOc_Oc`OcaOcbOccOcd\ PcePcfQcgTchSciQcjPckPclOcmMcmLcmMcmOcmOcmPcmDcmJc\ mPcmUcmUcmUcmUcmUcmUcmUcmUcmUckUciUcgUcfUceUcdUccU\ caSc_QcYOcWMcUKcSIcQGcOCcM4cK3aI3`G3_E3XC3VD3TF3QG\ 3PI1OJ1LL3IM4FO6CP79Q07S00B00B00B00C00C00C00D00D00\ E00E00F00G00H00I00J00K00L } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================