FOTD -- November 11, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal takes us on to the mandellambda formula. This formula draws two Mandelbrot sets touching butt-to-butt, with two East Valleys positioned as though they were 'North' and 'South' valleys. The position makes little difference in the appearance of the inner detail however. These two valleys are 'East' valleys all the way down. I chose a scene in a narrow part of an elephant-trunk spiral in the 'North' valley, and zoomed in on a midget there. The midget appears as today's FOTD. As can be seen at once, it is a typical East Valley midget, holding little that has not been seen before. As a result of this lack of originality I could rate the image no higher than a 6, even after putting some extra work into the colors. For some reason I named the picture "Fire in the Hole", most likely because of the fiery reds, oranges, and yellows. The phrase is the warning to take cover shouted by miners when the explosive is in the hole in the mine wall and the fuse is lit. I doubt that mine blasting is still done this way, though the warning cry might still be used. The image is not the best of all time, but with an overall value of 221 it is worth a look. The image may be seen by copying this message into your Fractint directory, with a .par exten- sion, and running it as any other parameter file, or by download- ing the image directly from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A temperature of 50F 10C here at Fractal Central on Wednesday was marginal to say the least, but the bright sun and light winds made it bearable for the fractal cats, who passed several hours keeping the yard clear of invading tomcats. Only a small treat was needed to end their day on the up side. Today will be warmer; the duo should be happy. I see no potential problems arising in my department. The work is basically up-to-date, and the fractals keep coming. The next fractal will arrive in 24 hours, so check here at that time to see what appears. Until then, take care, and maybe we should organize a protest about fractal inequality. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Fire_in_the_Hole { ; time=0:02:43.62--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandellambda passes=1 center-mag=+0.99031025554014310/+0.155570614457200\ 80/1e+007/1/180 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2800 bailout=36 inside=0 logmap=184 periodicity=10 colors=000AkzAizAgzAezAczAazA_zGYzLWzQUzVSz_PzdEzi\ Bzl8zp2zl6zi9tfDpbGk_JfXNaTQXQTRLXNG_IBaD6b61d10f0\ 0g20i80kD0lI0nN0nT0nY0nb0pg0pl0kn0cz0bx4`w9_uEZsJX\ qJVoMTlMRiLPfJNdIKaGFYE9UD1QB0E509501A04G06N08T09_\ 0Da0Ef0Gl0Ir0Lw0Nz0Oz0Qz0Rz0Oz0Lz2Iz6Ez9BzD8zG4zL1\ zO0zR0zV0zY0zX0zZ0v_0q_0kY2dW9YTZURbPQgHOh8NgT4kY0\ lb0ig1fl3cq9awFazKXzNRzTNzYGzbBzg6zk1zm0zn0zn0zm0z\ k1zi2zi2zi4zi6zg6zg8zg9zg9zd8za6zY4zX2zT1zQ0zN0zL0\ zDVzGQzJLqNGmQDmT8mX2m_0mY1mY1mX1mX2mV2mTEmT2kT4gT\ 4dR4aR6YQ6_Q6_O8aO8bN8dN8dL9fL9gJ9gJBiIBkIBkGDlGDn\ EDnEEpDEqGEsJItNGtQGtTGtXGt_KtbPtfUsaZq_coYhmWmkUr\ iSwgQzgOxgMwgKtiIsiGpiEnkClkAkk8gk7fl8dl9blC_nDYmE\ XhHVcNRZRQUVOPZNKbJFfIAjG5nO0rN0qN0pL2qL8sLBtJEwJJ\ xJNzIRzIVzIYzGbzGfzGkzEnzEbzJfzIgzIizGkzGlzGnzEpzE\ qzOrzLszKtzKuzKvzKwzKxzKyzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzz\ KzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzKzzK } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================