FOTD -- June 11, 2007 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: All right, I admit it. I had a lazy day on Sunday. I took the easiest route available to fractal satisfaction -- I decided to go back to basics and examine the Mandelbrot set, a fractal guaranteed to be filled with good fractal scenery that can be found with a minimum of effort. With today's image, we remain in East Valley, the same place we visited in yesterday's odd-angle image, and examine it in the familiar Mandelbrot direction. We decide to check an elephant- trunk spiral. To keep things from slowing down, we don't wander too deeply into the valley or into the spiral. And there we find today's scene. It took me only a few minutes to fine-tune the colors enough to bring the image up to FOTD quality. I named the image "Into the Valley" for obvious reasons. I rated it at a 6 to reward myself for the modicum of effort I put into the coloring. The calculation time of just under 2 seconds on the P2000 is one of the briefest in FOTD history. On the P200 the image would take about 10 seconds to finish. But instead or worrying about such trivialities, why not visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view the already-calculated image there? Perfectly lovely weather graced New Fractal Central on Sunday. The deep blue sky, puffy white cumulus clouds, gentle winds, low humidity and temperature of 81F 27C could hardly be bettered. The new fractal cats' behavior could easily have been bettered however. In the middle of the afternoon, I had just started making a tuna sandwich when the phone rang in the next room. The call was from my sister, who is now living at Old Fractal Central with the old fractal cats, Thomas and Tippy. By the time we finished talking, the new fractal cats had discovered and finished the can of tuna I had left open on the counter. After giving them a sound scolding, I settled for a jumbo hot dog. Needless to say, after such wicked behavior, they had no evening treat of tuna. The rest of the day was peaceful. The next FOTD, which might be better or might be worse, will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and wait with bated breath for the ultimate sunrise. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Into_the_Valley { ; time=0:00:01.98-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.30083214901746320/-0.020400697901445\ 98/1.412729e+010/1/-149/1.79467352839912664e-007 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2400 inside=0 logmap=258 periodicity=10 colors=000wfwwewwdwvcwubwtawt`ws`ws_wsZwrYwrXvqXvq\ XvqXvpXvpWvoWvoVvnUunUunTumSumSulSulSulSunRsoRrpRq\ rSpsSouSnwTmxTlyTkzRlzUmzWmzWnzVnzToxQpwNpmLqbIhUF\ cNKQAOCCRDDTEFUFGVGIWHJXHKYIMZJN_KPaLQcLReMTgNUiOW\ kPXmQYoQ_qR`rSctTevUgwUiwVjwVkxWnxWpxXrxXuyYwyYvzZ\ uzZsy_qw_ouZmrYlnXkkWjgWidVh`UhYThUThRShNRhKQhGQhD\ Ph9Oh6Nh3Nf4Md4Lb4K`4JZ4IX5IV5HT5GR5FP5EN5EP8IRBLS\ EOUHRVKUXNXZQ__TbaWebYh__fYad`e_chWfkShoNkrJnuFpxB\ mrGjlKgfOdaSaWXZQ`WKdUFhWDdYB`_9Xa8Tc6Pe4Lg2Hh1Df5\ Ie8McBQbFU`IY_LaZPfXSjWVnUZrTavSdzWbwZ`taZqdXngVkk\ ThnReqPbtN_wLXzKUsJSlJQeJP_JNTJLMJKFJI9JHCIJFHLIGN\ KFPNERQDSTCUVBWYAY`9_b8`ZGXWNTTUPQaLNcHKeDKgAMiCOk\ EQmGSoIUqKWsMYuO_wQaxScyUezWgzYiz_kzamzcozaqz`sz_u\ zZzzXxzWyzVzzUzzTzzRzzQzzPzzOzzNzzMzzLzzLzzKzzJzzJ\ zzIzzHzzHzzGzzFzzFzzLzzEzzLzzhzzgzzfzzfzzezzdzzdzz\ czzczzbzzazzazzYzzbzzfzzk } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================