FOTD -- April 25, 2006 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene in the Z^(2.1)+C Mandeloid as it appears 24 levels up the ladder, where it resembles a Mandelbrot set rotated 180 degrees. What is normally the eastern side of the main bay now lies on the west end of the almost-M-set. A close examination reveals that East Valley, which is now a west valley, has developed a few spurious wannabe valleys, making the true East Valley rather hard to determine. Today's scene is located in one of these valleys. It might be East Valley; it might not be. Regardless, the distorted midget with its puffy yellow surroundings makes a rather striking pic- ture. If I had given the image a rating, it would have earned about a 7. The render time of 3-3/4 minutes may be conveniently avoided by going to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and downloading the already-rendered GIF image from there. A very noisy thunder-storm Sunday evening sent the fractal cats scurrying for cover in the back corner of the closet. A near perfect day Monday brought them out to enjoy the world. In my department, the work is temporarily caught up. I do not expect the catch-up to continue for long however. The next FOTD will likely appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and one of these days I think I'll write a letter to God. (I don't expect an answer.) Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FOTD_for_25-04-06 { ; time=0:03:48.76--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=b float=y center-mag=-0.17759592930822770/-0.205719833221486\ 00/3.009488e+011/1/-57.5/-0.0099 params=2.1/0/24/0 maxiter=5000 inside=255 logmap=203 periodicity=10 colors=0000Ucvx0vx0tv0rs0pp0nm0ki0ie0gc2da6b_Aa`Ec\ aIebMgcQieUkgYmiaokeqlismmunmvomwpmxqmyrmztmzumzvm\ QcIDmM1wQdyUcvSbtRaqQ`oO_lNZjMYhLXeJWcIV`HzsFzqEzo\ DzmCwk9ui5sg2qe2oc2la4i_6fY8cWAZUAUPAPKAKFAAAA05A5\ 0AH0AFUAEZAEcAEhFEmKEpOFqMFqLFrJFrIFrGFsFFsDFsCGtB\ Gt9Gu8Gu6Gu5Gv3Gv2Gv1Ht3Hr4Hp5Ho6Hm7Ik9IiAIhBIfCId\ DJbFJaGJ_HJYIJWJJVKIULHTMHSNGROFRPFQQEPREOSDOTCNUC\ MVBLWBLXFKVIJTLJROIPRINVHLYGJ`GHcFFfFDhIDiLDkODlQD\ mTDoWDpZDq`DWNaBAzAAx9Av8At7Ar7Ap6An5Al4Aj4Ah3Af2A\ d1Ab1Aa8UfFmjElhElfEleElcEkaEk`EkZDkXDkWDjUDjSDjRD\ jPDjODnSDrVGpYIo`KncNmePlhRjkUimWhpYgs_fuWgoShjOid\ Kj_GjUCkP8lJ4mE0m94pQ7rfAtvEurHvoKwkNxhQyeTzaWzZZz\ VazSdzPZzTTzXNz`HzdBzh6zk7zl7zm8zn8zo9zo9zp9zqAzrA\ zsBzsBztCzuCzvCzvNzhYzVhzHrz3pz6oz9nzBmzEkzGjzJizL\ hzOfzRezTdzWczYaz``zb_zeZzghzgrzgpzeozcnzamz_lzYjz\ XizVhzTgzRfzPdzOczMbzK000 } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================