FOTD -- December 30, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image rates a 6 and is named "The Pit". I gave it this name when I had a vague impression of looking down into a pit while studying the image. The rating of a 6 seems fair. The parent fractal is no single fractal at all. It is a group of 2 large Mandeloids surrounded by fractal debris filled with baby M-sets. Today's scene is located in the East Valley of the large Mandeloid on the right. The rating of a nominal 6 and the render time of just under 11 minutes gives the image an overall worth of 55. Rendering may be avoided by downloading the completed GIF file from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The philosophy of the day appears in the philofractal version of this discussion. Warm sun and a temperature of 57F 14C made conditions near perfect for the fractal duo on Wednesday. The high point of their outing came when Tippy caught a late cricket on the porch and brought it to the door to show what he had done, while Thomas watched with little interest. Today is starting warm again, but the sun is lacking. We shall have to wait to see how the day goes for the duo. For me it looks like the usual routine of real work before fractal fun. The next fractal, along with more philosophical pontificating, will appear right here in only 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be of fractal cheer. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Pit { ; time=0:10:51.97--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.01619997589430272/-0.253819825669100\ 50/8.734958e+011/1/102.5/0 params=-1/1.2/2/-1.2/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=228 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=/1 colors=000IAAJAAKAALAAMAANAANAANCANEAOGAOIASJBXLBb\ OChRDmTDmXEm_FmcGlfHkiIklJjoKjrKkoNkmPlkRliUmgXme_\ mbbn`enZhoXkoVnoTqnYtmbwlgzklzjqzjvzhtzfszdqzbpzan\ z_myYkxWjwUhuTgsReqPdrNbsLatK`uOXvRUwVQxYNyaJzdGzh\ Czk9zf8zb7zZ6zV6zQ5zM4zI3zE3zBDz8Mz5Wz2dz0mz2Uz3Az\ 45z84zB4zE4zH4zK4zO3hR3hU3hX3h_3zc2zf2zi2zl2zo2zr2\ zp4zn6zl8zj9zhBzfDzdFzbGzeNzgUzi_zlfznlzpszryzafzL\ Pz57zA9zFBzJDzOFzSHzUIzVIzXIzYIzZIz`IzaIzcIzdIzeIz\ gIzhIzjIzkIzlIzlSzl`zlizlrziVzg8zeBzdDzcFzbHz`Kz_M\ zZOzYQzWTzVVzUXzTZzRazQczPezOgzFnz6tz0zz6zzGRzGSzG\ TzGUzGVzGWzGXzGYzGZzF_zEWzDVzCVzBVzAVz9Vz8Vz7Uz6Tz\ 5Sz4Rz3QzKPz`ZzqTzoSznSzlRzkRziQzhQzgQzePzdPzbOzaO\ z_NzZNzYNzVMzSMzPLzMLzJLzHKzEKzBKz8Jz5Jz3JzQdzlzzi\ uzvpzvkzvgzvbzvYzvUzvPzvKzvGzvJzvLzvNzvPzvRzvUzvWz\ vYzv_zvazvdzvfzvhzvjzvlzvizvgzvezvdzvdzvczvczvbzvb\ zvazvazv`zv`zv_zv_zv_zvVz } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================