FOTD -- February 01, 2002 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's quickie image of a perturbed Mandelbrot set is a return to the type of fractals that I was producing 10 years ago. The ghost bud in the background and spectacular foreground spiral are things that appear very frequently in the perturbed M-sets. I have explained this 2-layer effect several times in past FOTD's. All of the explanations will appear on the FOTD-CD which now appears on the way to actual realization. I have recovered all but 6 of the FOTD discussions and even some fractal stuff that I posted before I started the FOTD. Today's image is named "A Perturbed Spiral" purely as a description. I rated it an average 5 because I've done this kind of image so many times before. The render time of 6-1/2 minutes is but a modest time to wait for the 5-rated image to appear, but if this time is not modest enough, the finished GIF image can be picked up in a few minutes from Scott's web site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Wednesday was sunny and 75F 24C. The cats were happy. Thursday it was drizzly and 43F 6F. The cats were not happy. It appears that today will be cloudy and warm with showers. The fractal cats' ultimate mood remains to be seen. My mood, which is fairly good already, will improve when the necessary work is finished, and I can get busy on the FOTD CD. I'll return in 24 hours with the next quick FOTD. Until then, take care, and after a wait of several years, the pictures of the fractal cats as well as myself will appear on the FOTD-CD. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Perturbed_Spiral { ; time=0:06:27.72--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.7182\ 313/-0.2102558/3750.97/1/-140/-1.2034831464724504\ 7e-011 params=0.7682644862208931/1.011281237220374 float=y maxiter=144000 inside=255 logmap=yes symmetry=none colors=060zzRzzPzzOzzJzzHzzGzzEzzCzz\ AzzGzzJzzOzzTzzXzz`zzezuizqmzlszhwzdzzhuzlozpizsdz\ wZzzTzzOzzJzzEzz8zz2zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0xw0ql0i`0bT0\ XM0RG0VK0XM0ZO0bQ0dR0eT0iV0kX0m`0ob0sd0uf0vh0zj0zl\ 0zn0zq0zs0zu0zw0zy0zz0zz0zz0zq2zdHqRXgEkZ6y`6w`Awb\ CubGudIudMseQseRsgVqgXqi`qidokfokjmmlmmpmoskoukqyk\ qziszisziuzZvzPxzGzz4zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zy0zu0zs0zp0zn\ 0zj0zh0zd0zb0zZ0zX0zT0zR0zO0zM0zI0zG0zC2zA2z64z64z\ 64x68x6Ax6Ex6Gx6Jx6Lx6Px6Rx6Vx6Xx6`x6bv6ev6gv6kv6m\ v6qu6st6ws6yr6zq6zq6zq6zn6zj6zf6yb6u_6qY6mW6iW6eU6\ bS9bQ9bOAbMCbKEbKEbIGbGIbEKbCKbCMbCOdDOeDRgDVkBZsC\ bzAdzAfzBfzGhzKjzOlzTlzXnz`pzeqziqzmszquzuwzxwzvwz\ vwzvwzvwzuwzuwzuwzuwzswzswzswzswzswzqwzqwzqwzqwzow\ zowzowzowzowzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmyzmyzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwz\ mwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwz060 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================