FOTD -- March 06, 2014 (Rating A-8.5,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's striking image lies in a parent Mandelbrot set that is corrupted by Z^(4.95) energies. This corruption causes the main negative spike to split into an infinitely divided series of straight and curved filaments. The scene of today's image lies close to the X-axis near the eastern side of the large distorted minibrot on the negative spike. I feel that the art rating of 8.5 is justified because of the time I put into the coloring. The math rating of 7 is justified by the fractional nature of the corruption exponent, which causes an entirely different type of distortion to appear even on the surface of the parent. But so far, I have investigated such fractals to only a minor degree. The name "Strawberry Fractal" describes the impression created by the colors when I first saw them. The fireball calculation time of only 40 seconds continues the trend of high-speed parameter files of the past several days. The web sites can eliminate the task of setting up and running the parameter file. To see the strawberry colors, check the FOTD web sites at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> The official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> is currently having technical problems, but will hopefully soon be up and running again. Hazy sunshine prevailed all day here at Fractal Central today, while the temperature started at a bone-chilling +7F -14C and rose to only a very winterish 25F -4C. The new fractal cat Jasmine spent the day at the doctor's office, where she had a long talk about the facts of cat life. She will be back home tomorrow to recover from her talk. The old fractal cat Nicholas was puzzled about the absence of his new playmate, and spent the day searching for her. The humans spent the day concerned about the new fractal cat's talk with the doctor. The next FOTD will be posted in around a day. Until then, take care, and I see that Russia has 'invaded' The Ukraine. I guess the free world should retaliate and give Russia the same penalties it gave the U.S. when the U.S. invaded Iraq. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Strawberry_Fractal { ; time=0:00:40.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip center-mag=-1.736098263572743/+0.00001181690185034\ /4.836219e+009/1/138.75/0 params=4.95/500/0/0 float=y maxiter=3200 inside=0 logmap=62 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00000800900A00B00C01E12G33I54K74M83QA2VC2ZE\ 1cF1gG7dHDaHIZIOWITTi5vGC7JA8L98N79P69R5AT3Ah2Bj4_\ nBcpGerLgtOprUonZliciehg`mdXrc_vhczmhzsmzzHPU7CN6D\ T5DZ4Id3IjAKkHHlNEmUBn_8omBQa6dR1rWAm`JheScj_ZohUt\ qPxyLunNscPpTRnITl7UiAVfCVcEV`GVW6fT5mQ5sM6mJZQJcN\ GgQDkTBnW8rZ5va3ydWBIbFHiJHpNHvRHpQKjPMdOOZNQTMTNL\ VHKXCJZUFcYHVaINeJEhK6RB4A32TWeUSSUOEUK1PY4Lk7Hy9K\ xBMxDPxFRwHUwJWwLYwMckLh`KmPJrEIw3Hs8GoDFlIEhNEeSD\ aXCZ`Ca_DcZEfYFhYGjXHmWIoVJqVJhWO_WSotOpsMpsLprKpr\ JpqIpqHqqFqpEqpDqoCqoBqoAqpAppApqAprAps9ps9pt9pu9p\ v9pv8pw8px8py8py8ox9ox9nx9nx9nx9nxAmxAmxAlxAlxBlxB\ kxBkxBjxBjxCjxCixCixChxDhwDhwDgwDgwDfwEfwEfwEewEew\ FdwFdwFdwFcwFcwGcwGbwGbwGawHawHavH`vH`vH_vI_vI_vIZ\ vIZvJYvJYvJYvJXvJXvKWvKWvKWvKVvLVvLUvLUuLUuLTuMTuM\ SuMSuMSuNRuNRuNRuNQuNQuOPuOPuOPuOOuPOuPNuPNuPNtPMt\ QMtQLtQLtQLtRKtRKtRJtRJtR } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================