FOTD -- October 03, 2009 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's scene lies far out on the main negative spike of an oversized Mandelbrot set. Yes, I realize that the minibrots on the spike of the M-set are all quadratic, but though it looks like a Mandelbrot set, the parent fractal of today's image is a M-set only on the surface. In its depths it is a combination of quadratic and cubic elements, and with a magnitude of 10^10, today's scene lies deep enough to have cubic tendencies. Most of the effect was achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'tdis'. The rating of a 6 means I consider the image to be merely adequate. The calculation time of 19 seconds makes the trip to the FOTD web site hardly necessary, though the trip is always a lot more fun. The web site may be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Friday here at Fractal central began with heavy clouds and light rain. The rain ended by 10am but the clouds remained throughout the day, holding the temperature to 63F 17C. The fractal cats passed the time wishing for sun. My day was close to average. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care and don't be disappointed. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Spidery_Zodiac { ; time=0:00:19.07-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=NewDivideBrot function=recip center-mag=-999.9986621984146/0/9.90551e+009/1/90/0 params=3/500 float=y maxiter=62000 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000zzfcMfcLbbLYbKUbJPbJLZNQVQVRU_OXdK`iGcnD\ frGeoIelLeiNefPdcSd`UdYWdWM`eCYn3VwATuHRsOPrVNpaLn\ gJmcQm`XmYcmVjmRmgNoaKqXGsRCuL9wG2GXENWPTW`_WkeWvk\ WmfSebPXYMPUIGPF8LC0H9HTCXdFVaIU_LSXPQUSORVqTjlXjh\ `icei_ihVmhRqhWmd_jacfZgcWk_ToXQsTNwQKJ_m_gaUlsWjr\ YhrZfq`dqacqZglXjgUmcSqZPtVuzzuzzHuOEpQAkR7fT4bUIi\ PWpLiwHhtJhqKhnLhkMhhNheOhTPhYQj`Xfhcuzzozp3ULEXGP\ _CQb8OdCDdGJeNPeUUe__efdelZboT`qNYtHWvGZtFasFcrEfq\ DipDkoDloDloEinEgnEenEcmEamFZmFXlFVlFTlFRkGEjGOkGM\ kGKjGIjGGjXZOVXQUVSTUURSWQQXPPZNN`MMbLKcJIeIHgHFi`\ zeZvfYsfXpfVmgUjgTggRdhQahPZhNWiMTiLQiJNjIKjHHj3tR\ 4qS5oT5mU6kV7iW7gX8dY9bZ9`_AZ`BXaBVbCTcDQdDOeEMfFK\ gFIhGGiltekrfjqfipfhofgmfflfekfdjgchgbggafg`eg_dgZ\ bgYahX`hW_hWYhVXhUWhTVhSTiKKKKKKPQiOPiNNiMMiLLjKKj\ JIjIHjHGjGFju1Qs2Rr2Sq2Sp3To3Tn3Um4Ul4Vk4Vj5Wi5Wh5\ Xg6Xf6Ye6Yk`Grh7maNhVadOp } frm:NewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================