FOTD -- February 05, 2014 (Rating A-8,M-8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image reminds me of a stellar supernova explosion, which is what I named it. It is a scene on the northwest shore line of the main bay of a perturbed version of the HyperMandelbrot set. This is an area of the Hyper set that until today I have never checked. And from the nature of the area beyond the border of today's scene, there might be rich pickings to be found nearby. In my opinion, both the art and math values of the image rate an 8. And the brief calculation time of 1-1/4 minutes makes the image an even better bargain. The ultimate in convenience may be found however on the FOTD web sites, where the finished image is posted. The image is posted online at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> About 8 inches or 20cm of heavy wet snow fell overnight here at Fractal Central, which made for heavy work clearing the fractal sidewalk. Luckily, FL kept the hot coffee flowing until the job was done. The rest of the day was cloudy with a temperature of exactly freezing. The fractal cats noticed the changed appear- ance of the outside world, but were too busy chasing each other around the house to give the outside much attention. The next FOTD will be posted before the sun engulfs the earth, which will be in something like 6-billion years. (Luckily, it's not 6-million years.) Until this magic moment arrives, take care, and science sees man as a body with a conscious mind as a by-product, yet it is this by-product that observes the body and invents theories about how the body creates the mind. Jim (circular reasoning?) Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Supernova { ; time=0:01:15.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot2 passes=1 center-mag=-0.3581565658/+0.6109241496/1664/1/\ -42.5/0 params=0.305/0/0/0/1/0/1e-050/0 float=y maxiter=405 inside=0 periodicity=0 colors=000m1Cm1Am19m18m17m16m15mF3wK4wP5wU6wZ7vc8z\ h9zoAzzzzz0zzDzzzUrz9pl9om8nm8nm8mm8mn8ln7kn7kn7jn\ 7jo7io6io6ho6hp6gp5gp5fp5fq5eq5eq4dq4cq4cr4br4br3a\ r3as3`s3`s3_s2_t2Zt2Zt2Yt1Zu2Yt2Ys2Xr2Xq2Wp3Wo3Wn3\ Vm3Vl3Uk4Uj4Ti4Th4Tg4Sf5Se5Rd5Rc5Qb5Qa6Q`6P_6PZ6OY\ 6OX7NW7NV7NU7MT7MS8LR8LQ8KP8KO8KO9JM9IL9IKAHJAHIAG\ GAGFBFEBFDBFCBFACF9CF8BF7BF4AF6BF7BF9CFADGBDHDEIEF\ IFFJHGKIILJJMLKNMMONNPPOPQQQRRRTSSUUTVVUXXVYWVZVUY\ UUXUUWUUVUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWUWYUX_UYaU\ ZcU_cU`cUacUbcUccUdcUecUfcUgcUfcUfcUfcUfcUecUedUed\ UeeUdeUdfUdfUcfUcfUcfUcfUbeUbeUbeUbdUadUacUacUacU`\ bU`bU`bU`aUaaUaaUaaUa`Ua`Ua`Ua`Ua_Ta_Ta_Sa_Sa_RaZR\ aZQaZQaZPaYPaYOaYObYNbXNbXMbXMbXLbXLbWKbWKbWJbWJbV\ IbVIbVHbVHbVGbUGbUFbUFbUEcTEcTDcTDcTCcSCcSBcSBcSAc\ SAcR9cR9cR8cR8cQ7cQ7cQ6cQ6cP4aQ6_R7YR9WSAUUASWAQY9\ O_8Ma7Kc6Ie5Gg4Fi3Ek2Dm1C } frm:HyperMandelbrot2 {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(p2): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p3+2)*a*b+p4, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================