FOTD -- December 31, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: For the last FOTD of the popularly-accepted first decade of the 21st Century, we have an unusually striking order-11 minibrot. It is located in a side filament just beyond the East Valley of the largest minibrot on the filament system of the large period-3 bud on the north shore line of the main bay of the parent fractal, which on the surface is a classic quadratic Mandelbrot set, but in its depths, an order-11 fractal. Actually, the midget that fills the image is the finest order-11 minibrot I have yet found. I named the image "The Other Way Around" for some reason that I have since forgotten. The rating of a 7 seems about right, since the image has both artistic and mathematical interest, filled as it is with brilliant anti-basins, which actually are the lowest-iteration points in the frame. All this stuff may be seen in a fireball 36 seconds after the attached parameter file is started, or in an equally easy way by viewing the completed image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Hazy sun and a high temperature of freezing here at Fractal Central on Wednesday made the day totally routine for early winter. The fractal cats spent a few minutes on their shelf in the window, but most of the time near the heat. My day was less busy than the past couple weeks, but still far from slow. The next FOTD, the first of the second decade of the 21st Century, will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if humanity is a parasite on the earth, we must remember that a successful parasite does not destroy its host. (Actually, I wonder why we hear so little from the well-inten- tioned greenies about addressing the real problem facing mankind -- our over-population.) Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheOtherWay_Around { ; time=0:00:36.10-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=-0.1500652732064654/+1.02814534759123/\ 2.175652e+012 params=11/1e+020 maxiter=400 inside=0 logmap=48 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000wzzfxzZwzUuzPswKqtHoqImoJllKjjLigMgeNfbO\ d_PcYQaVR`TSZQTYORULQQJOMGNJELFCKB9I77H45MA4QF4VK4\ ZQ4bV4g_4ke4pj4vs4zz4zzNztevtxjowZjwOfwVMbW1IU3KS5\ LQ7NP9ONBQLDRKFTIGUGIVFKXDMYBO_AQ`8Sb6Uc5Vd6Ue6Tez\ SezRezQezPezOezPdzQdzQdzRdzSdzUdzVdzObzSczWdz_ezce\ zgfzkgzohzshzdYzROzDEzJIz2EzOLzgEzhLziSzjYzkdzlkzo\ uznszmqzlpzknzjlztnzolzjkzfizahzXfzTezOczKbzO_zRYz\ cFz`JzXNzURzRVzOZzPdzPjzQpzQvzOtzNrzMqzLozKmzJlzIa\ zISzIIzFGzDEzBCzKKzTSzzzzX`zS`zN`zI`zD`z8`z4`z5Uz6\ Oz7Hz8Bz85zCBzFGzIMzLRzOXzRazUgzXlz0mz7kzEizLhzSfz\ ZdzdczSUzGLz4CzELzNUzWbzdkzmsznlznezo_zoTzoNzoKzoH\ zfFzZDzRBzJ9zB7z35z4Ez5Mz6Uz7az8izA4z9Ez8Oz7Yz7fzE\ czKazRZzXXzcVziSzpQzvOzqQzmRzhTzdUz`WzWXzSZzPYzO_z\ N`zMazLbz5xzDmzLczTUzcEz`KzPEzUKzZQzcWzhazmgzrmzwt\ zvszvrzvqzvpzvozvnzvmzQqzyozvlztjzrhzpfz`Bz_Fz_Jz_\ Nz_RzZVzZZzZbzZfzUbzPZzO` } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================