This image suggests sea shells on the shore of some distant planet.
At the usual http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com
Yesterday was the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday. As a matter of
trivia, in Lithuania Canadian Thanksgiving is almost as popular
as Festivus!

 Blue Shells      { ;  fract468.gif
                     ; blank
                     ; calctime   0:29:13.10
                     ; created Oct 12, 2010
                     ;  Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=_n.frm formulaname=NovenaM2
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frm:NovenaM2 {; Another Mandelbrot-like set for Novena.
          ; P2 is an inverse bailout,
          ; set this to a small nonzero value and use
          ; floating point. E.g. 0.0000001.
          ; The Nova Formulae, discovered by PGD.
          ; Freely distributable but may not be sold.
  z=-0.5+(-1.75)^(0.5)
  c=pixel:
  z2=z*z
  z3=z*z2
  func=z3+z-2
  der=3*z2+1
  oz=z
  z=z-(func/der)+c
  |oz-z|>p2
  ;SOURCE: nova.frm
}
Roger Alexander