FOTD -- March 18, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: After I found the twin midgets in yesterday's image, I did a bit more exploring in the same area and turned up the scene that appears in today's image. I named the picture "Rising Alleluias" because of the eight elements surrounding the central midget, which appear, at least to me, like overweight people raising their arms in praise. I cannot say what the people are praising. It could be the immense and unlimited worlds of fractals, or the equally great physical universe, or perhaps the religious figure of their choice. It could even be science, which developed the machines that first revealed the worlds of fractals, and which some consider to be almost a religion. More thoughts along this line are included in the version of the FOTD that appears on the philofractal list. I rated today's image, which renders in under 7 minutes, at a 7, which gives an overall value of 104. The rendering stage can be eliminated by letting Paul do the rendering and downloading the finished image from his FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Wednesday remained cloudy and chilly here at Fractal Central. The temperature of 39F 4C was a bit too chilly for the cats' ears, and they spent the day wishing. In the evening a treat of tuna eased their frustration. My frustration will ease when the work I have scheduled for today is finished, and that will happen about 4 hours after I start. Then I'll take a trip to one of the infinite worlds of fractals. In 24 hours I'll return with whatever I find there. Until then, take care, and prepare for the best. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Rising_Alleluias { ; time=0:06:43.98--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=manzpower passes=1 center-mag=-1.7\ 43238677909744/+0.00011432724916339/1.458905e+008/\ 1/177.5/-2.35020439424138416e-005 params=0/0/2.003\ /0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=0 logmap=194 colors=000MDLNEMOHNPGNQHORIPSJRTKRVLSXMSZNSbOUdPWg\ QWjRVmRSoRQsSOvSLxSJzSGwWKtZOrbQodUmgWjj_hmbeoecsh\ `vkZxnczshzwkzzmzznzzozzpyzqzzrzzszztzzuzzvzzwzzxz\ zrzzmzzVzzbtziozqmzxczzVzwPzoJzgCz_6rR0hK0ZH0UG6UF\ CUAZUFdPKcKPhGUnHZuJcyKEdSLU_SJh_7oY5iW2cU0YS0RQ0L\ P0FR0CS4BVAAWF8YL7_Q6`W5b`2dg1ek0gr0iw0jz0kz0mz0nx\ 5ns8ooEqjJqeMrbRsYWsS_tOdvKivFmwArw6voJwhVx`gyUszO\ zzRxwUssWnoZik`chcZdgU`iPYkJUnEQq8Ms4Jv0FcZULzgKzh\ KzhKxhKvhKsiKqiKniKkiKijKgjKdjKbjK_jLYhLVgLSdLRcLP\ bMM_MLZMJWMGVMFUg6Wz0Yz8`zHdzQgz_jzhmzqqzyszttvotq\ jtmgthbtcYvZSvVPvQKvLFvHBvJEwJGwJJwJLwJOwJQxKSzKZz\ KczKgzKizKkzKnxPmrSkmWjh_icch_hgVkeQodLscGtbCt`Es_\ ErZEqYEoWEnVEmUEkUEjUFiUFhUFgUFeUFdUFcUFdUFeUEgUEh\ UEiUEjUCkUCmVCnWCoYBqZBr_Bs`Btb7vc5wd2xe0ye0ze0ze0\ ze6zeBzeHzeOzeSzeGze5ze6ze6ze7ze7ze8ze8zeAzeAzeBze\ BzeCzeCzeEzeEzeEzeMzeRzeY } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================