FOTD -- April 20, 2005 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: "Iterative Beacons" is the name which, for some reason, I gave to today's scene in East Valley of the Mandelbrot set. The location of the scene is not unusually deep in East Valley, but it is located in a valley of a bud of a bud of a bud, and is therefore very remote. The little bit of extra work I did on the coloring raises the image rating to a respectful 6. With a maxiter of 5000000, the scene is a very slow one, taking several hours to render on all but the fastest machines, which can complete it in under 10 minutes. Unless your computer is near state-of-the-art, I recommend downloading the completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> With a high temperature of 86F 30C, it was actually a bit too warm here at Fractal Central on Tuesday. The cat duo responded by shifting into stretch mode and sleeping. Today is starting about the same; I expect more of the same from the cats. For me the work is moderate. Hopefully, the next fractal, which will appear in 24 hours, will be superior. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Iterative_Beacons { ; time=2:20:32.05--SF5 on a P200 ; time=0:08:27.95--SF5 on a P4-2300 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=+0.27394229445467130/-0.007134517772696\ 28/2.967597e+010/1/-70/-0.000125495075483247898 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5000000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=55900 periodicity=10 colors=00000dkszkuzkuzkvzkxzkzzkzzkzzkzzkzzkzzizzh\ zzhzzfzzdxzdvzbvz`uz`szZqzZozXmzVkzVkzTizRhzRfzPdz\ PbzO`zM`zMZzKXzIVzITzGRzGPzEPzCOzCMzAKz8Iz8Gz7Ez7E\ z8GzAGzAGxCGvCGuEIuGIsGIqIIoIImKIkMKkMKiOKhOKfPKdP\ KdRMbTM`TMZVMXVMVXOVZOTZOR`OP`OObOMdPMdPKfPIfPGhPE\ hPEiRGiRGiRGiRIiRIiRIiRKkTKkTKkTMkTMkTMkTMkTOmVOmV\ OmVPmVPmVPmVRmVRoXRoXToXToXToXToXVoXVqZVqZXqZXqZXq\ ZZqZZqZZqZZsbbudduhfvihvkixokxqmzuqzvszxuzzvzzxzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxzzvzzuzzszzqzzmzxkzvizshzqf\ zodvmbuk`shZqfXmdVkbTi`RhXPdVMbTK`RIZPGVOETKCRIAPG\ 8ME7KC5I82G70C50A2080070050252755A57E58I5AM5CP5ER2\ EV2GZ2Ib2Kf2Mi2Om2Pq2Rs0Rv0Tz0Vz0Xz0Zz0`z0bz0dz0dz\ 7fzCfzGfzMfzPfzVhz`hzdhzihzmhzsizxizzizzixzixzkvzk\ uzkszkszkuzovzuxzxzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================