FOTD -- October 05, 2006 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is titled "Evaporated Fractal". An evaporated fractal is just that -- evaporated. Fractals will evaporate when all the exponents of Z in their formula are negative and the escape radius is raised to an extreme value such as the 10^100 of today's image. When fractals evaporate, their 'outside' parts shrink and eventually disappear completely, leaving a blank screen composed totally of 'inside' stuff. But certain inside fills such as the 'bof61' that I used in today's image can bring out the ghost of the fractal that has evaporated. Today's image is such a ghost. To see the un-evaporated version of the image, change the imag(p3) parameter to zero. The result is not quite as interesting as the evaporated version, but it is still worth a look. None of the other inside fills do much with this particular image. I rated today's image at a 7. I like something about the coloring more than would seem apparent at first glance. The render time of 1-3/4 minutes will pass almost instantly. If this does not happen, go to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view the image there. Gray morning fog led to midday sun here at New Fractal Central on Wednesday. The temperature reached 79F 26C. A very strong thunder-storm moved in at 5pm, turning day to night, but the fractal cats were more interested in the mouse hole than the outside weather -- that is until I plugged the hole, when they turned to me with a look of disappointment on their faces and went on to other diversions. Of course, plugging one hole will never keep the mice out. I am counting on the mouse that barely escaped warning the others about the dangerous cat situation. My day went as good as could be expected. And the fractal was not all that bad either. The next fractal will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ponder the imponderable. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Evaporated_Fractal { ; time=0:01:48.64--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip center-mag=+3.866706650767/+2.322479224495/12100.8\ 1/1/-20/3.62e-008 params=1/-1.5/0.333/-4.5/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000gVKiYMk_OmaQldRkgSjjSjlTioThrUhtUbsLYsD`\ mIcgNfaSiWXlQaoKfqFks9qu4wsAprFjpKdoQYmVSl_Mwmfxac\ yR`zFYz4WnYIbz5Wr6Pk6Ic6BX6GT8LP9F0AK0BUDD_9Ec5Fk1\ GjCKrMNjWQjeTjhWzm_zvzzzgzzzzzeOvdQpdOm_MjVKgQIeMG\ _JEUHCOEAIC8C9777E9IKBTRDcXFno7Rn6Vn5Ym4am3dk2aj2_\ h2Yg1Ve1Td1Rc1Pb3Vb5_a7ea9j`Bp`DudFrhGpkHnoJksKivL\ gtQerVcp_aod`jmVfuQfrPfpPfmPfkPfhPffPfdPjg_njjqlto\ mqmnoknliojgpgepecqbaq`elahhakdan_bqWbtSbwObrTemXg\ iaidek_inWnpRrrNvtel8bnC`oGZqJXrNVsRTuURvYPw`i4Il6\ Mn7Pp8Sr9VtAYvB`xCczDfrVZkkRnnOppMssKuuIcj_N`pMYmL\ VjKSgJPeIMbHJ_HGYBDMXMU5UC6QG6NJ6KM6HQ6ET6BW68ZG7_\ Q7__6`i6`r6`f5hV4pTGlSRiQafPlcOw`Pp_QjZRdZRZYSSXTM\ XUGWUAWWC`XEdYGiZIm_Kr`LveOpiQkmSfqV`uXWyZRu`OqbLm\ cIieFefCah9Yi6VgATeDRcGPaJM_NKYQIWTC6RGDYKJdNPkRVr\ U`y96WVWRotMimPdfR__TVTVPMXKFZF8`A1b92i83p73vC8sGD\ qLInPMlTRiYWga`dedbaf_000 } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================