FOTD -- November 28, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: To me, fractal spirals appear to be overdone in the world of 'fractal art'. However this does not mean that I never come upon any. Today's image shows a spiral I stumbled upon in the parent fractal that is created when 1/100 part of Z^(-100) is mixed with plain Z and C^2 is added. As expected, the parent is a double-bayed thing. Today's image is located in a narrow strip of debris in one of the bays. The deep-blue background consists of high-iteration stuff that disappears when the maxiter is lowered. The name "Spiral to Nowhere" indicated that most of these fractal spirals keep going forever. The rating of a 7 might be overdone, but at least it might persuade an additional fractal- ist or two to actually run the rather slow parameter file. A alternate way to see the image is to view it on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Friday stayed dry here at Fractal Central, but heavy clouds, a brisk northwest wind and temperature of 43F 6C kept a winterish chill in the air. The fractal cats had a short spat to decide who would get to curl up on the clothes in the laundry basket, which were still warm from the drier. Cassie prevailed with one very un-ladylike hiss. Nicholas eased his disappointment in the most comfortable spot he could find by the radiator. My day was average. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours, but I think another antiquing trip is being planned for Saturday, so do not be surprised if the FOTD is late. Until whenever, take care, and one person's myth is another's reality. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Spiral_to_Nowhere { ; time=0:12:58.89-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=sqr float=y center-mag=+0.047083682/+0.049793103/2379/1/90/0 params=1/1/0.01/-100/0/0/0/0 maxiter=4500 inside=0 colors=000ZO`ZPa_Qa_Ra_Sa`Sb`Tb`UbaVbaWcaXcbYcbZcc\ _dc_dc`ddaddbedcemdeemeefmwgffwfghwgmzzrazkghlgzmh\ inhzohlrziohzmfekzciczga_m`Ybzm`YUZzScUcUTOSmMUPUO\ cIMMG0LE0JC0HA0G80F50D69E69E69E78F78F78F87F87F87F9\ 6G96G96G96GA5HA5IB5IB5JC5JC5KD5KD5LD5LE5ME5NF5NF5O\ G5OG5PH5PH5QH5QI5RI5SJ5SJ5TK5TK5UK5UK5UK5UJ6UJ6UJ6\ TJ6TJ6TJ6TJ6SI6SI6SI6RI6RH6RH6QH6QG6QG6QG6PG6PF6PF\ 6OF6OF6OE6NE6NE6ND6MD6MD6LE6LC6KC6KC6JC6IB6HB6GB6F\ A6EA6DA6CA6B96A969968UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUA7CB7CC8CD8\ BE8BF9BG9BH9AIAAJAAKAALB9MB9NB9OC9PC8QC8RD8SD8TD7U\ E7VE7WE7XF6YF6ZF6_G6`G5aG5bH5cH5dH4eI4fI4gI4hJ3iJ3\ jJ3kK3lK2mK2nL2oL2pL2gQB_VJS_SJd_Bih3np2op2op2op2p\ p2pp2pp1qp1qq1qq1rq1rq1rq0sq0sq0sq0tq0tq0tq0tq1sp1\ ro1rn1qn2pm2pl2ol2nk2nj3mi3li3lh3kg3jg4jf4ie4hd4hd\ 4gc5fb5fb5ea5d`5d`6c_6bZ6bY6aY6aX7`W7_W7_V7ZU8YT8Y\ T8XS8WR8WR9VQ9UP9UP9TO9SN } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================