FOTD -- February 28, 2013 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image has been granted no rating. There is a good reason. It is not a new fractal. It is the parent fractal of the past two days' images rotated so that east is up and north is left. The image of Feb 26 lies deep in the stuff at the extreme left edge of the fractal. The image of Feb 27 lies in the East Valley of the medium-sized minibrot on the northwest shore line of the 'fan', which now opens to the north instead of the east. The image is not the exact parent. Though I retained the same color pallette, to add impact, I did change it a bit. The name "Blast of Nothing" was inspired by the thought of the currently popular and always mysterious "Dark Energy", which as far as we know comes from nothing, yet is causing the entire universe to fly apart. Numbers are at least as abstract as Dark Energy. A curiosity of the Julibrot in which today's scene lies is that the image extends far out, to perhaps infinity, in the 'Z' planes. This can be demonstrated by changing the value of initial Z, the (p4) parameter, to extreme values. Doing so would normally soon result in a blank screen, but in today's case, the image, though it changes, appears to go on forever. The calculation time of only 45 seconds will pass in a flash. The blinding flash can be avoided by visiting the FOTD web sites. To view the image without risking blindness, check the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> But remember that this official site is on a schedule that is different from the schedule of the mailing list. Some images may appear on the web site well before or after they are posted to the mailing list. Variations are online at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> with the back images safely stored and available at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The day brought lots of clouds and showers of both rain and graupel to Fractal Central. The fractal cat, never wondering what graupel is, spent most of the day ensconced in my favorite overstuffed wing chair. The humans, still not up to average after the failure of the flu shot, spent the day wondering just why the pope resigned. My opinion is that, when he realized how bad the situation in the church actuially is and how futile the task of saving it would be, he lost hope and gave up. Most likely, nothing less than another reformation is needed. The next FOTD will soon be posted, and I cannot now be found, nor will I ever be found on 'Twitter' or 'Facebook' or any other new-fangled social-networking sites. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Blast_of_Nothing { ; time=0:00:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=t center-mag=0.642419/0.0511001/0.5102041/1/103.75/0 params=-1.4/-7.4/-7.4/-1.4/0/3500/0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=00000000000700N00h01Q03l15T27p20_2Bt31d3Fx3\ CV3Jv3Dc3Mm4Gh5Oc6PZ7VUKYWX_YiaZlcasccvdfxghzijwfh\ ucgzafzeezQczRbzTazU`zVZzXYzYXzZWz_VzaXzcYzdZzf`zh\ azibzkdzleznfzphzqizsjztkzslzsmzsmzsnzsnznzznzzmzb\ hzgmzpwzkrzjrzjrzgqzdpzaozZnzWmzUlzRkzOkzLozIizGZz\ DgzAfz7ez4_z2dzFazRZzbWznTzzGzxazvPztPzsPzqPzoPzmP\ zlPzjPzhPzgPzeOzcNzZWzUdzPmzPlzQjzQhzQfzQdzQczYazd\ `zkZzrYzyXzrXzkXzdXzYXzRXzKXzDXz6Xz0Xz3_z5az7czAez\ CgzEizGkzJnzLpzNrzQtzSvzUxzWzzXxzYwzZvz_t_`s`araaq\ b`qdZrfYrhXrjVslUsnTspSsrUnkWjeYf__bUYmRWmNVmKUmJU\ mIUmHUmGQmCMm8Im5FmBDmHAmM8mS6mXCm_HzbMzezzhzzkzzn\ zzqzzszztzzuzzwzzxzzyzzzzzwzztzzszzrzzrzzlzzgzzbzz\ YzzTzzOzzXzzezznzzwzzuzzszzrzzpzzozzmzzlzz`zzYzzWz\ zUzzSzzQzzbzznzzczzUzzJzz9zzIzzRzzZZzQkzHxz8RzKNzK\ JzLGzLCzMBzIAzK9zM8zO7zQ6zS6zT5zV4zX3zZ2z`2za5zV8z\ PBzIEzCCz2Jz1Jz1Jz1Gz4Dz6 } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), 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=========================================