FOTD -- October 18, 2008 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: A fiery fractal with the speed of light, a cloud of iterations and a hearty "Hi-Yo Fractint". From out of the past come the thundering convolutions of the great fractal Mandelbrot. The Lone Mandelbrot rides again. Return with us now to those thril- ling days of yesteryear . . . Well, I had to say something to stir up a little excitement. Today's image is indeed a flashback to the past, even if only an under-iteratered scene deep in Seahorse Valley of the all-too- familiar Mandelbrot set. And this is why I named it "Deep Sea- horse Scene". I gave it no rating because these kinds of images were one of the first things I was producing in those ancient days when I was a young tyro fractalist. (Now I'm an old tyro fractalist.) The one thing that keeps the image from being totally hackneyed is its magnitude of 2.4x(10^14), which lies just beyond the range of conventional math. The resulting calculation time of almost 48 minutes begs impatience, but a quick though blurred preview of the scene may be viewed in 7 seconds (less than 1/300 the ap time) by switching to conventional math with the command mathtolerance=0.05/1 But all this math-switching and resulting impatience may be avoided by viewing the finished image posted in full arbitrary- precision definition on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Morning clouds gave way to afternoon sun on Friday here at Fractal Central, while the temperature dropped to a far more seasonable high of 59F 15C. The fractal cats enjoyed the afternoon sun that they missed yesterday. My day was average. Most likely but not certainly, the next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care and have fun at the same time. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= DeepSeahorseScene { ; time=0:47:56.28-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.7485177858185152687/0.05757462599937\ 39027/2.4e+014/1/25/0 params=0/0 float=y bailout=9 maxiter=8000 inside=0 logmap=1725 mathtolerance=/0 colors=000USFUSEUTCUUBUUAUV9UUBUUDUUFUUHUUIUTKUTMW\ TOYTP_TRaTTdSVfSWhSYjS_lSanSbmP_lNXkKVjISiFQhDNgBL\ hCKhDJhEIiFHiGHiHGjIFjJEjKDkLDkMCkNBlOAlP9lQ9mR8mS\ 7mT6mT6kR5jQ5hO5gN5fM5dK5cJ5aH5`G5_F5YD5XC5WB5XC6X\ D7XD8YE8YF9YFAZGBZHBZHC_ID_ID_JE_KF`KG`LG`MHaMIaNI\ aNJbOKbPLbPLbQMcRNcRNcSOdTPdTQdUQeUReVSeWSfWTfXUfY\ VfYVgZWgZXg_Xh`Yh`Zha_ib_ib`icaicahd`hd`hd_ge_geZg\ eZfeZffYffYefXefXegXdgWdgWdgVchVchUchUbhUbiTbiTaiS\ aiSajS`jR`jRakQbkQckQdkPelPflOglOhlNimNkmNmmMmmMmn\ LjnLgnLdnKaoKZoJWoJVoJXpKYpL_qM`qNbrOcrPdrQYqXSpcL\ ojFnq9mz8hz7ez6bz6Zz5Ur4Qm3Mh3Jc6KZ9TKCWLFZLI`MLZM\ NWMMVLMSLMOKMMKMKKMJJMJhMIhMHhMGhMFIMEHMEHLDHLCGLB\ GLAGL9FL8FL8Fw7ELcUw5ELcUw3DLcUN8COCCPHBRKCSKETKGV\ KIWKKXKMZKO_KQ`KUaKZbKccKccKcdKfeKieKlfKogKrhKuhJw\ iFxkCym9zmAzmDzmHzmLzmPzmUzmZzmZzmZzmZzmZzmZzmZzmZ\ zmZzmZzmZzmZzmZzmZzmZzmZz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================