FOTD -- August 24, 2007 (Rating 9) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image rates a 9, and most of this rating is based on its coloring. Without the bit of extra effort I put into the color palette, the fractal would be just another picture of a Minibrot rather deep on the sinuous filament of the period-11 sub-bud on the northeast shoreline of the large period-2 bud centered at -1 in the Mandelbrot set, where the Seahorse Valley characteris- tics are just starting to appear. I named the image "Helixes All Around" when I had the impression that the sixteen wavy lines radiating from the bluish pattern around the Midget are actually three-dimensional helixes. The calculation time of 4-3/4 minutes is surprisingly fast for an arbitrary precision image with a magnitude of over 10^20. But even this short wait may be bypassed by going to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and viewing the already-rendered image there. Thursday brought continuing clouds to Fractal Central, but we enjoyed a short interval of sun in the afternoon, which let the temperature rise to a pleasant 79F 26C. The fractal cats spent several hours watching the scene from their window, but I think they were more concerned with the pigeons cooing on the porch roof than with the weather. My day was pleasantly slow; hope- fully tomorrow will be the same. The next FOTD will most likely appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and make your peace with a renegade fractal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Helixes_All_Around { ; time=0:04:43.69-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-0.7797023197491\ 136919845708/0.1503396430159217625308027/\ 1.240172e+020/1/-140/0.00387885 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1400 inside=0 logmap=290 periodicity=10 colors=000VT8XU7ZV6`W6bX5dY4fZ3h_2k`1na0qbGtcDwdAz\ eFzhKzjPznSzpUzrWzuYzw_zzazzczze9eq7co6am4_k3Yi1Vg\ 5Se4Pc4N`3LX3JU3HR2FN2CK1AG18D16A046023023000000Oj\ qHhoAfm8dj7bg7_d6Ya6VZ5TV5QS4OP3MM3JJ2HF2FC1E91260\ 13GDGzcEzcDzcCvcBrcAmZ9hU8cP7ZK6UF5PA4K53F12A01500\ _pzWizSezP`yLVrIQmELhAFc7AZ35UzLZzJWqIUgGRaFPYDMUC\ KRAHN9FJ7CF6AB47735312NE`KCXIBTG9PD8MB7I95E64B4272\ 13Q_DJR9DI6693y32u21q21m21i21e21a11Y11V11R10N10J00\ F00B00700300UzdMjUFVK7FAINFGKDEICDGABE99C88A668546\ 4342121812701601501401300200100EM07B0lX3Zcz`dybeyd\ fyegyg0xi0xj0xlkxn0wo0wqPwsUwtZwscrrhmqmhqhcphZohU\ miPhjKckFZlAUm5Pm8KmBFmDAmG5mI0mJ0nJ0oJ0pKUqKirKzr\ LzsLzsLztHztEzuAzu7zv8zv8zw8zw8zx8zxAzyAzyAzzAzzAz\ zAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzFzzKzzPzzUzzZzzczzhzzmzzrzzvzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================