FOTD -- April 24, 2011 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: On Saturday I checked deeper into a recently posted image named 'The Shrine', which was created by Albrecht and is one of the most impressive fractal shrines I have ever seen. I would have rated it a 9. Not all that deep into the Shrine image I found the quadratic minibrot at the center of today's FOTD image, something I would never have expected to find. Actually, I had already found a quartic minibrot in one of the multifractal_10 images, so maybe I should not have been so surprised. Anyway, here is the 'image in the image' in all its fractal glory. Since the parent of today's FOTD image and most of its color palette are not of my own creation, I could give the image no rating. The name I finally chose, "Surprising Shrine", should surprise no one. The multifractal_10 formula, which is more like a fractal program than a mere formula, is too long to include in the parameter file. But it is readily available on the Fractint list. The calculation time of 7-1/2 minutes is rather slow. The calculation wait may be avoided however by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> A much longer discussion also appears on the above web site, where I discuss science and mysticism. The image is available in high definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> the original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> though it is not up to date. Heavy clouds and morning rain made Saturday a day to be forgotten here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats forgot the day almost before it began. The first thing they wanted was breakfast. The humans had a more relaxing day, since they had no need to meow for their food. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, recognize nonsense when you see it, and realize that such nonsense may sometimes be true. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Surprising_Shrine { ; time=0:07:32.04-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=multi.frm formulaname=multifractal_10 function=tan/exp/exp/\ sin passes=1 center-mag=+0.32969507160254110/0/\ 82537.09/1/180 params=-0.05825983458967864/0.37852\ 10730307932/56715.06595750222/14235.4911030602/\ 152048.0404808048/384.1604894048/384.00482000595/\ 128.1007683001/256.1007683001/512.1007683001 float=y maxiter=3000 inside=maxiter outside=tdis logmap=7 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=0 rseed=-2436 colors=000zU0AzGBSHBmHBzzzz0BPHBOHBOHCNHCMHCLICLIC\ KICJICJIDIIDHIDGIDGIDFJDEJDEJEDJECJEBJEBJEAJE9JD8I\ E9JE9JE9KEAKEAKEALEBLEBLEBMECMECNFCNFCNzDzFDOFDOFE\ PFEPFEPFFQFFQFFRFFRGGRGGSGGSGHSGHTGHTGIUGIUGIUGIVG\ JVGJVHJWHKWHKWHKXHLXHLYHLYHLYHMZHMZHMZHN_IN_IN`IO`\ IO`IOaIOaIPaIPbIPbIQbIQcJQcJRdJRdJRdJSeJSeJSeJSfJT\ fJTgJTgJUgKUhKUmKVmKVmKVmKVmKWwKWwKWwKXwKXwKczLczL\ czLczLczLczLczLczLczLczLczLczLczMczMczMczMmzMmzMmz\ MmzMmzMmzMmzMmzNmzMmzMmzMmzMmzMmzMmzMmzMmzMmzLmzLm\ zLmzLmzLmzLmzLmzLmzLmzLmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzKmzK\ mz000MWITYH__GfaEmcDseCn`BjWAeR9aM8XH7TC6O75K24P9B\ UFIZLP0008UZ8QW8NS8JP8FL8CIDCHICFNCESCCXCAaB9fB7kB\ 6pA4uA2zA0xA0uA0sA0pA0nA0kA0iA0fA1dA1aA1_A1XA1VA1S\ A1QA1NA1LA1IA2G92D92FC3IG4KJ5NN7PQ8SU9UXAW`BYcC`gE\ ckFenHhrIdqMapQYoTUnXRm_NlcJkgFfpAazEXwITuLOrPJoSF\ lWAi_5fc0ce7_jFRoNIzb0wg0 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================