FOTD -- April 16, 2010 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I gave today's image a rating of 8, which might be a bit liberal. I chose the rating because I kind of enjoy the coloring, and I did most of it myself with only minor help from the program. And then I named the image "In a Lost Valley". The reason for the name will be obvious once the exact location of today's image is seen in its parent fractal. This parent fractal came about when I entered some whimsical values into the MandAutoCritInZ formula. It is little more than scattered bits and pieces of assorted Mandeloid stuff surrounded by disconnected tiny Mandelbrot sets. Today's image is located in the west branch of the valley separating the two largest bays. Since the valley is not really a true one, but a random point of connection between two independent but overlapping Mandeloids, one might consider the valley to be 'lost', which explains the name. The calculation time of 4-1/4 minutes is fair enough for today's image. I leave it to the intrepid fractalist to decide whether the finished image is worth the effort. The way to avoid all this concern about value is by zooming out to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> and viewing the already-calculated image posted there. A really great day passed unappreciated here at Fractal Central on Thursday, as the sun shone brilliantly and the temperature reached 75F 24C. I was busy working most of the time, while the fractal cats were busy keeping watch on the stray cats that for some reason were quite numerous in the back yard. FL spent most of the time thinking about this year's fractal garden. If all goes well, and I can see no reason why it should not, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and perhaps God is what remains when everything vanishes and then even the empty space vanishes. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= In_a_Lost_Valley { ; time=0:04:14.45-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident float=y center-mag=+1.25998949311965/-0.9848802720117678/\ 112937.2/1/120/0 params=0.35/-2.2/-0.35/2.2/0/0/0/0 maxiter=2500 inside=0 logmap=284 periodicity=6 colors=000AJVALWANYAP_9Rb9Te9Vh9Xk8_n8aqBctFhwKmzP\ rzUvzZzzczzhzzmzzrzzvzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzze8Sg9Qi9Ok9Mm9Ko9Iq9GcjUkSMs9FpHMmPTkWZhcefrlfj\ kfckfWkfPkfHkfAkf3kXOeIijNh_RhQVgFZg5Ui7Pk9LlBGnDB\ pFYr``q_cpYeoXhnWjnVgmTelSckQ`jPZiNXhMUgKSfJQeINdG\ LcFJbDGaCE`AC_9A_8MW7XT7_Q6aN6dL6fI5hG5kD5mA4p84r5\ 4t34k74cA4VD4NG4th7ogCkfHgeMceRZdWVc`RbeNbijhmfgha\ gdXg`TfWOfSJfOCcLFfKIhJKjJNlIQnISpHVrHYtG_vGbxFdzF\ fwEguDhrCipBjmBkkAlh9mf8mc3nd8ndCndGndLndPodTodYod\ aodeodgodinejmeklekkelkeljfmifnhfngfogfo7TQHRMQPIZ\ NFgLBpJ8mK9kK9hK9fK9dL9aL9_LAXLAVMATMAQMAOMANN7MMA\ LMCKMEJMHIMJHLLGLOFLQELSDLVCKXBKZAKa9Kc9KeBLbCM`DN\ YEOWFPTGQRHQOIRMJSJKTHLUEMVCMT5NVANWENXJNZNN_SLbYN\ `WOZVPXUQVTRTSOSOSRRVRUZRXaQZeQahQckQelOglOilPklQm\ lRolSqlTslUtlVulWvlYwl_xlaymczmczmczmczmczmczmczmc\ zmczmczmczmczmczmczmczmcz } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), 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=========================================