FOTD -- August 15, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a quickie, yet still manages to rate a 7. It shows a tiny order-7 minibrot in a parent fractal that on the surface is a perfect Mandelbrot set. Today's scene is located in a curving filament in the north branch of the Seahorse Valley of the minibrot lying around -1.48 on the main stem of the parent M-set. The name 7-Up does not refer to a soft drink. It refers to the order-7 nature of the scene. Finding an image in such a short time, which still rates a 7, is more than I had hoped for, but sometimes near-miracles do happen. The slightly dragging calculation time of 6-1/2 minutes may be eliminated by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> I spent all day Saturday at Old Fractal Central, so I can't say how the weather was at New Fractal Central, but when I returned in the evening, the fractal cats told me things had been satis- factory, with lots of clouds and a temperature around 73F 23C. The next FOTD will be posted in around 10 hours. Until then, take care, and even though it is scientifically impossible to foresee the future, I know that precognition does happen. If science is correct and reason rules, as skeptics claim, I am either lying, deluded, or engaging in wishful thinking. But what if reason does not rule? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= 7-Up { ; time=0:06:24.10-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip center-mag=-1.479978193866193/+0.0011127029548779/\ 7.505951e+012 params=7/1000000000000.0/0/0 float=y maxiter=4800 inside=0 logmap=956 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00001G02H03I14J25K36L47M68N89OAAPCBQECRGDSI\ ETKFUMGUOHUQIUSJUUKUWLUYMU_NUaOVcPWdQReQNgQJiPEjPA\ lP6mP2nS3oU3pW3pZ3q`3rb3se3sg3ti4ul4vn4vp4ws4xu4yw\ 4yy4zzBzzHzzKzzMzzOzzQzzSzzUzzWzzYzz_zzazzczzhzzmz\ zrzzvzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz6F74F36G67H89HAAIDBIFDJH\ EJJFKMHKOILQEGUJLSOPRTTQYXPb`NgdMlhLqlKupJplLlhNgd\ Pc`QZXSVUUQQWMMXHIZGE`G9`IBaKDaMFbOGbQIcSKcULdWNdY\ Pe_QeaSfbUfcVfdXeeZdf`cgbchdciecjdckcclbcNfbPgcRgd\ TheVhfXigZih`jibjjdkkfkkbjg_jdXi`UiYRiUNhRKhNHhKEg\ GBgD8gABaGEXLGRQJMVMG_OBdMH`KMXIRUGWQF`NDeJBjF9oC7\ t86y5Dq5Jj5Pb5WW5aO5gH5fAAgDBhFBiHBjJBjLBkNClPCmRC\ mTCnVCoXCp_DqaDqcDreDsgDtiEtkEumEvoEwqEwsEuqDtoDsm\ CrkCqiBpgBoeAncAma9l_9kY8jW8kX9kY9kZ9kZ9l_9l`9la9l\ aAlbAmcAmdAmdAmeAnfAngAngBnhBniBojBojBokBolBolBItT\ KuUMuVOuWQuXSuYUuZWu_Yv`_vazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================