FOTD -- March 09, 2013 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image shows that heptic minibrots need not always be the dull high-order things one would presume. The parent fractal is an oversized Mandelbrot set that has been corrupted not very far from its surface with order-7 energies. The scene is in the East Valley area of the parent's large main- stem minibrot, which is already well on the way to becoming an order-7 minibrot. This minibrot's East Valley has already vanished and been replaced by burgeoning order-7 lobes, which are surrounded by loosely connected spirals. These spirals still abound in today's image, which lies rather deep in one of the larger spirals. The rating of an 8 is my estimate of the image's worth. The minibrot really is quite unusual. Foe comparison, try to find as interesting an order-7 minibrot in the straight Z^(7)+C Mandeloid. The name "Forever Seven" indicates that from the magnitude of today's image all the way to infinity the order-7 minibrots will prevail. Check the finished image online at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> High-definition variations are at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> and the back images are at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> We had a preview of spring here at Fractal Central today when the temperature reached 55F 13C and the sky was horizon-to- horizon blue. The fractal cat stretched to his fullest cat length in the warm sun and was as happy as a cat could be. The humans were a satisfied neutral, which is the usual condition of earth-bound humans. The next FOTD will be posted in about one day. Until then, take care, and how did we ever get into a situation where we must have ever-higher technology if we hope to survive? Can no one see that it's a dead end? Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Forever_Seven { ; time=0:02:20.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MultiExp function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-26.21766685865878/-0.00673733985958567\ /8.354727e+010/1/-63.45/0 params=7/15 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 logmap=238 periodicity=6 colors=000A5cA5eA5fA5gA5hA5iA5jA5kA5mA5nA5oA5pA5qA\ 5rA5sA5qA5oA5mA5kA5i95h85f75d65c55c55c45c45c45c45c\ 45c45c55c65c75c85c95cA5cA5cA5cA5cA5cA5cA5cA5cA5cA5\ cA5cA5dA5eA5eA5dA5cA6bA6aA7`A6Z96W95T84Q84M73K72J6\ 2J63J74K74M85O86Q96S97UA7WA8Y99_89a7Ab6Bd6Af5Ah5Aj\ 4Al3An3Ap2Ar1At1Av0Mx0Oy1Gx2Ix3Mw4Qw5WvA5WA5YA5ZA5\ _A5`A5aA5bWTiTVjRXkOZlM`mJbnHdoFepJdqMdqPcrScrVzrY\ zs`zsczsWzjPzbHzUAzMFzLKzKPzKUzQZzVcz`gzelzjqzpvzu\ zzzWzBazEgzHmzKszMpzPnzRzaTzaVzaXz`_z`aa`c_`eY`gab\ eecdidbmeaqf_ugZxhYwf_wd`vbbv`cuZeuXfuWgtUitSjsQls\ OmrMorKprJqmHlhGhcEc_D_cHafKbiNdlQemRcnSanT`oUZpVY\ pgWqXVrYTrZSs_Qt`PtiNubMvcKvdJqhOmkSinWdq``tdXwhTz\ lOujKpiGkhCfg8af4Xe0Sd3Tf5Uh7Uj9VlBWnDWocXqcYscYuc\ ZwcZxc_wc`vcavcbumctmdtmesmfrzgrzhqzipzjpzkozlnzXz\ zUzzRzzOzzMzzLzzKzzIzzHzzGzzFzzJzzNzzQzzRzzRzzRzzS\ zzSzzSzzSzzRzzRzzRzzRzzRz } frm:MultiExp { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 100000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================