FOTD -- October 17, 2007 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "East to the Sixth". I gave it this name because it is a scene in the East Valley of a minibrot in the East Valley of a minibrot in the East Valley of a minibrot in the East Valley of a minibrot in the East Valley of a minibrot in the East Valley of the large minibrot on the main spike of the Mandelbrot set. With all those minibrots lined up above today's scene, it's little wonder that some unusual things have appeared in what should be an everyday scene in a typical East Valley. Actually, the high magnitude of today's scene, which has been rotated 89.99 degrees, (There's a bug that prevents a full 90-degree rotation.), reaches nowhere near the magnitude of the unseen minibrot at the center, which is about 10,000,000,000 times as great. But there is quite a fine minibrot down there, which will likely make the FOTD in a day or so. I decided to rate today's FOTD image at a 7. Maybe the central minibrot itself, when it finally appears, will rate an 8. With a calculation time of over one hour on the fireball and five hours on the snowball, today's fractal almost demands a visit to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> for an immediate viewing. Tuesday's temperature reached 68F 20C here at Fractal Central, but increased clouds kept it from being another perfect day. The fractal cats must have agreed. They spent a good part of the day working the hall carpet loose. My day was peaceful enough. With any luck, tomorrow will be the same. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care. And with video cameras so common, why has no one yet produced a clear photograph of an alien space craft? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= East_to_the_Sixth { ; time=1:05:35.85-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.7465231786116563037887993715079/0/\ 3.389166e+027/1/89.99/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=100000 bailout=4 inside=0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000_TZgTUbXaY_hTcoPfvNjjLrZJzNIwBKtDLqENpGO\ mHPjJRiKSgMUeNVdPWbQY`SZ_T`YVaWWdgcbVX_JQaIRbIRcIS\ dISeISgIThITiITjIUpIUvIUzGTzcTzmSzcSvCRqBRk9Qe8Qd7\ Pc6Pb5Ob4Oc5Qc6Sc7Uc7Vc8Xc9ZcA`cAccBhcCmcDrcDvcEzc\ FzcGzfFxcGt`GoYGjWGfTGaQGXOGULGQIGMGGJDGFAGB8G87JC\ 6LG5OJ4QN3TQ2VU1YX0_`0ac5XeATfFPgKLhPHiUDjZ9kc5lg1\ mh7nhCoiHpiMqjRrjWsj`tkeukjvlowltxlyxembarMZbIWOEX\ 16T9APGEPGCMNHJULG_PDfTAmX9wc8s`8oZ7kX7gU6cS6_Q5WN\ 5SL4OJ4KG3GE0CA3DC5EE7EFAFHCGIEGKHHLJINKJOLIOLHOMG\ OMFONEONDONCOOBOOAOP9OP8OQ0GP8OPGWPOcPWkXjwTfuPcsL\ _rHXpDTo9Qm7Fz5Nl3VZmim2bLEeIQgGaiDzw8zsAzoBzkCzeE\ zaFWWGRSIMOJEGMGILIKKKMKLOJNQJPSIQUISWHUYGW_GXaFZc\ F`eEagEWiGQkIKmJEoL8qN3sO7oPAlPEiQHeQLbRO_RRWSVTSY\ QTaMTdJUgGUiPZjWblcfmjkoqopxszyszzrzzrwwqruqmrpjop\ jmoijohgogengcnfame`mdZldXlcWkbUkaSkaRj`Pj_NiZMiZK\ hYIhXHgWFgng5mf6AVoJUiRUd } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================