FOTD -- March 16, 2013 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image continues the adventures in the land that is not supposed to exist but has not heard the bad news and exists anyway. The scene of the image is at the pseudo-origin of a minibrot, which is the spot at the center of the main bay of the minibrot. I rated the image at 7-1/2, mostly because of the extra work I put into the coloring. Most of the color palette however was lifted from the FOTD image of March 4. I can say nothing about the number series of the circular elements surrounding the center of the image because I know nothing about the series. The name "Into a Magic Land" is a bit overblown, though in some ways, fractals are quite magical. The calculation time of 3-2/3 minutes is slower than some recent images but still well within reason for today's image. Relief from the calculation chores may be found at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> with high-definition diversions at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> and the back images at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Moderate to heavy snow fell here at Fractal Central today, but the temperature of 34F +1C kept it from building up on the pavements. On the grass however, about 3 inches or 8cm accumulated. The fractal cat spent much of his time watching the pigeons flapping around on the outside window sill. The humans spent the day doing human things. The next FOTD will be posted in the proper time. Until whenever that might be, take care, and if everyone knows how to solve the world's problems, why do the problems still exist?. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Into_a_Magic_Land { ; time=0:03:40.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot2 passes=1 center-mag=+0.261738445061591/-0.002047573531171/\ 1.060901e+009/1/-5/0 params=0/0/0/0/1/0/1e-100/0 float=y maxiter=3200 inside=0 periodicity=0 colors=000XEHYBIZ9I_6J`8JaAK`CJ_EI_GIZIHYKHYMGXOGW\ QFWSEVUEUUDUUDTUCQUBTUCVUCYUC_UCbUCdUCfUDiUDkUDnUD\ pUDqU8rUDrUHrWLsYPs_Ts`Ysbaqdeogimemkcqiahg__eYScW\ JeUAgSFiQKkOPmMUmKZlIgkGfjEfjFfjGfjGfjHfjIfiJfiKfi\ KfiLfnMfnNfhGAiHAjIAkLAlOAmRAnUApWArZAtbDzjGzqcxzz\ zzzfZOWPPPHQMDQLBMLBRJDSHGSIITKJTMLWOLYQMYSM`UNcVN\ fWOiXPlYRoZUr_Wv`Zya`yc`zd_zfYtdWqeRocMiaId_F`YCXW\ 9TX6SX3SY7SYASZESZIS_MS_PS`TS`XSa`SacSbgSbkSfoQbnS\ ZpTVsVSqWOqXKoZGmcDkh9im5gr2ezNjzRd`UeZXeX_eVbeTeb\ Rh_PkXNnUMlSNjRNiQNgONeNNdMObLO`JO_IOYHORDPXGObJNc\ MMcPLcPKcPIcOHcUGcUFcUDcUCcUBcUAcU8cU7cU6bP5`P3_O2\ YM1XK0YK2ZK3WK1ZL4`L7bLAdOCfVFhVIkUKoUNrUQtUSzWVzY\ Yz__zcXkbVeaS_`QVZOPZLJZJDZG7ZE2ZC4ZF6ZI8ZKAZNCZQD\ ZSFZVHZcJZmLZmLZzMZzM_zNazNYzNUzOPzOLmPNcPPUOPVPQT\ PRRQRPQTNRUMRWKSWISWGTWETXDUYBUZ9VZ7YY2VX6SW9PVCQU\ DRUDSUETSETQFUPFVMGWJGXHH } frm:HyperMandelbrot2 {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(p2): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p3+2)*a*b+p4, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================