FOTD -- October 23, 2002 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: For today's image I took the -1.23 of the past two FOTD's, changed it to -1.28 and got a similar parent fractal with different details. This new fractal has new valleys that yesterday's lacks, some of the valleys more convoluted, with more fragmented elements. Today's image lies at the tip of a rather unique broken filament extending from a bud in one of the new valleys. The filament is more of a discontinuous chain of rasp-like elements rather than a continuous jagged line, and as always, the nature of the filament is mirrored in the elements surrounding the central midget in the image. I gave the image a rating of 8, which might be a bit above what it is actually worth, but the scene is still an interesting one, well worth the 7 minutes required to render from the parameter file. I named the picture "Silverhouse Fractal". When I named it, I must have had a logical reason. If there was a reason however, it now eludes me; so for all intents, the image can be considered as having been named by accident. The image can be seen without the need for running the parameter file by downloading it from Paul's FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> It was another near-perfect Autumn day here at Fractal Central on Tuesday, with sunny skies, light breezes, and a temperature of 63F 17C. The cats enjoyed the perfection to the utmost, exploring the farthest reaches of the yard and even chasing a nut-gathering squirrel up a tree. In the evening, they were thoroughly tired out, and fell asleep soon after their evening meal. Unfortunately, I'll be unable to fall asleep until I work my way through another day. So I'd best get busy. Until tomorrow, take care, and almost every fractal is a new one. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ SilverhouseFractal { ; time=0:07:41.76--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.05434773946902600/-1.311026146844554\ 00/2.911419e+009/1/87.5022374547031916/-0.00354582\ 129364040127 params=-6/-1.28/-1/-12.8/0/0 float=y maxiter=900 inside=0 logmap=131 periodicity=10 colors=000XETYFUQMTZGVTLT_HWXKV`IX_JXaJYaGZbI_cJ`c\ LadMbeOcePdfQegSfgTghVgiWhiYijZjj_kkallbmldnmeoohp\ nhpqkspkrsovqntvsytsxxwzyyzzzzuuxtttnnqkknhgieegcb\ da`aZY_XWXVUUSRSQPPOMMLKKJIHHFEEDCCA9A86541864A86C\ 99EBBGCDIEGKFIMHKOINQKPSLRUNUWOWYQZ_R`aTbcUeeWggXi\ iZlk_nmapobsqdusewodokcggc_cbS_bKWaCR`1Ta4Ub7Wc9Xd\ CZeF_eHafKbgNdhPeiSgiUhjXjk_klammdnngpniqolspotqqv\ rtzuxwrvtpurmsokrmhpjfogcmealbZj`XiYVgVSfTQdQNcOLa\ LI`IGZGDYDBWCAWB9VB9UB9TA9SA9RA9R99Q99P99O88N88M88\ M78L78K78J68I68H47G68H89IAAICBJECKGDKIELJFLLGMNHNP\ INRIOTJOVKPXLQYMQ_NRaORcPSeQTgRTiSUjSUiRTiRShRRhRQ\ gRPgROfQNfQMeQLeQKdQJdQIcPHcPGbPFbPEaPDaPC`OB`OA_O\ 9_O8ZO7ZO6YQ8XR9XSAWTBVUCVVEUWFUXGTYHS_IS`JRaLQbMQ\ cNPdOPePOfQNgSNhTMjULkVLlWKmXKnZJo_Ip`IqaHrbIvdHwc\ HxbHyaHz`Hz`Gz_GzZGzYGzYGzXGzWFzVFzUFzUFzTFzSEzREz\ REzQEzPEzO3zIEzOPzUZzZKzK } 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================