FOTD -- October 13, 2006 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image shows a scene very deep in the negative X-axis region of the Z^(6.003)+C Mandeloid. I named it "The Unexpec- ted" because such an unusual midget is unexpected in Mandeloids of such a high order. The railroad tracks actually are in the image, but they have shrunk beyond resolution. The entire image is near the limit of resolution, which is the reason I included the mathtolerance entry in the parameter file. The rating of a 5 is justified. Midgets of an order over 4 are rarely worth the effort. The render time of 19 minutes can be ignored by visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and viewing the image there. Light rain at daybreak gave way to a brisk afternoon with scudding clouds and a temperature of 57F 14C. The fractal cats had an uneventful day. My day was busier than expected, which explains the short discussion. Tomorrow is likely to be busy again, but not so busy that there will be no FOTD. So until then, take care, and seek answers. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Unexpected { ; time=0:19:15.97--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=MandelbrotN center-mag=-1.132050020167\ 79500/+0.00000063732148473/1.061159e+012/1/-87.498\ 2749373913862/-0.0021199523262442066 params=6.003/\ 0/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=4500 inside=0 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000toAtr9tu8tw8umDvdHwWLxMPyDTz4Xz3Yz3Zz3Zz\ 3_z3_62`z2`z2az2bz2bz1cz1cz1dz1dz1ez1ez6czAbzF`zJ_\ zOYMSXPXVR`UUeSWiRLXdBLqFMpJNoMOnQPmUQlXQl`RkdSjgT\ ikUhnUhlTfkSdiSchRafR`eQZdQYfUWhXUj_SlbQmeOohMqkKs\ nIuqGvtEmCTjARg8Qd6Oa4NZ2M`8JaEHbKFcQDeWBfa9gg7hm5\ jm6kn7ln8mn9nnApnBqnCrnCsnDtnEvnFwnGViaWhbYhc_gd`f\ dbeecefedggchhbhjbilajm`ko_lp_lqYlrWlsUltSluQlpTgk\ VcgX_b_VZaRUcNPfILhEGjACl6InBOpGTqLZsQctViv_nwdtyi\ yzmxvnxrnxonxknxhoxdoxaoxYowUpwRpwNpwKpwGqwDqw9Yw6\ VvGPuGCpLAhG8`B6T75V9UXBq_9ib8be7Vh5OkmGnm9mmBmmDm\ mElmGlmHlmJkmKkmMkmNjhPjcQjZSjUTcPYYmbRmgLmkEmp8mu\ 2myImsXqmkxhdzlZzoSzsMzvGzyFzsEzmEzhDzbCzYCzSBzNAz\ HAzC8zE7zG6zI4zK3zMtzWuz_vtbvzepubku_euX`uUWuSUvQS\ vPRvNPvMOwLMwJLwIJwGIxFGxEFxCDxBCxAFuUIrcKpqJmrJms\ JmtJmuJmvJmwJmxJmyHmzGmzFmzOmDXmFdmHmmJumKtLJtOItR\ HtUGtWGtZFtaEtdDtgCtiBtlA } frm:MandelbrotN {; Jim Muth b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel: z=z^(b)+c, |z| <= 16 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================