Since there is no FOTD today (June 4, 2001), I will submit the following par. It is one of the creepiest Mandelbrots I've ever seen, centered in a nest of many crawling tent-caterpillers. This is a zoom into Jim's FOTD of June 1, 2004. It's slow, but worth the wait for its uniqueness. Tent_Caterpillers { ; Mandelbrot Protected by very Creepy Crawlers ; t= 2:38:39.04 on a P4 2Gh at ; 1600x1200 Image Copyright 2004 ; by Lee H. Skinner ver=2003 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=0from_ml.frm formulaname=mandelbrotbc2 passes=1 center-mag=-0.70919880715119770/-0.25097629938654980/\ 6.165405e+007/1/-92.4999998139748669/-4.8976864987226\ 8647e-008 params=2.01/0.03/0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=0 logmap=465 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000K00<63>KRAKSBKTB<16>P_EQ`FQaF<2>RbGSbHScITc\ JUdK<20>fl_gm`hma<3>jpekqglqhmrjnrk<3>quqrurrvt<3>vyz\ <3>clnZhkUeh<2>FV_<3>EMREJOEHMEFKDCH<3>XCAaB9fB7<3>zA\ 0<3>z_2zf3zl3zs4zz5zz4zz3<8>zY4zV5zS5<3>zE6wE6tD6<3>u\ CDuBEuA0<11>SA1QA1NA1<3>D92GC3GD4<8>7Wb6Zf5`j<2>2fv0i\ z0iz<24>0zz } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } Lee Skinner