FOTD -- December 14, 2005 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image returns us to the most prolific fractal of all -- the one and only original Mandelbrot set. We focus on a small filament on the northeast shoreline of a small midget in the large north radical of the large midget on the negative X-axis of the M-set, and dive very deep indeed to find the even-smaller midget that appears at the center of today's image. The name "Mandelbrot Berries" was inspired, (if any inspiration was involved), by the eight vaguely berry-shaped features around the tiny midget. At the scale of today's image, the entire M-set would be near the size of the Milky Way galaxy. It's a good thing that relativity does not come into play in the world of fractals, or it would take many lifetimes to get from one side of this bloated M-set to the other. Because the M-set has been so thoroughly explored, I could rate today's image no higher than a 6. The magnitude is well into the range where arbitrary precision math is needed, which means the image is a slow one, taking exactly 4 seconds less than one hour to calculate on my old slow machine. But the hour can be saved by going to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and downloading the completed GIF image from there. The skies were sunny here at Fractal Central on Monday, but the ground remains snow-covered and the temperature never rose above freezing. As a result, the cats never got their noses beyond the open doorway. They spent the day on their shelf by the window, watching the birds and trying to keep warm. My day was as average as a day can be. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours, which is also as average as can be. Until then, take care, and see the glow. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot_Berries { ; time=0:59:56.00--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.75514324001954239355444860002/0.0162\ 974046060244224849532915721/3.39205e+025/1/145/9.1\ 3331910101788935e-011 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=10000 bailout=9 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000nWlkTjgRhdOf`MdYKbUH`QFZNCXJAVG7TC5R52N7\ 3O93PB3PC3QE3RG3RI3SJ3SL3TN4UO4UQ4VS4WU4WV4XX4XZ4Y\ `4Za4Zc5_e5`f5`h5aj5al5bm5co5cq5dr5dp6eo7fn8fm9glA\ hkBhjCiiDjhDjgEkfFkeGldHmbImaJn`Ko_LoZLpYMpXNqWOrV\ PrUQsTRtSStRTuQTuRStSSsSSrTSqTSqUSpUSoVSnVSnWSmXRl\ XRkYRjYRjZRiZRh_Rg_Rg`Rf`ReaQdbQcbQccQbcQadQ`dQ_cQ\ YbQWaQU`QS_QQZQOYQMXQKWQIVRGURETRCSRASS8SS6TS6TS7T\ T8UT8UT9UT9VUAVUAVUBVUBWVCWVDWVDXVEXWEXWFYWFYWGYXH\ ZXHZXIZXI_YJ_YJ_YKZZL_YK`XK`WKaVKbUKbUKcTKdSKdRKeQ\ KeOLePKeQKeRKeSKeTKeUKeVJeWJeXJeYJeZJe_Je`JeaIebIe\ cIedIeeIefIegIehHeiHekHelHenHepHhqIfnHenHdkHciGbgG\ aeG`cF_aFZZFYXEXVEWTEVRETPDSNDRLDQJCPGCOECNCBMABL8\ BK6AJ4AI2AH0AI2CJ3EJ4FK5HK7IL8KL9LMANMCONDQNESOFTO\ GVPIWPJYQKZQL`RNaROcSPdSQfTRhTUiUWkUYmV_oVapWcsWet\ XgxYhz_gyXewUcsQaqN_nKYkHWhDUfASc7Qa4O_5Ma5Lb6Kd6K\ e7Jg7Jh8Ij8Ik8Il9Hn9HorYn } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================