FOTD -- August 22, 2009 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: For a discussion about aliens from space, check the philofractal version of this FOTD. As far as fractals go, today's image is quite simple. It simply subtracts Z^7 from Z^8 and adds C. At first glance, the parent fractal resembles the Z^8+C Mandeloid, with some irregularities at its eastern end. A second glance shows the first glance was correct. Today's image lies rather deep in the valley on the positive X-axis, which is basically an east valley, and just about the only part of the parent fractal with true quadratic minibrots. The name "Egg-zactly Eastern" refers to the location of the scene in its parent and hints that calculating fractals is an egg-head activity. The rating of a 6 implies that I consider the image average. The calculation time of 11-3/4 minutes will drag. I recommend viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Morning clouds here at Fractal Central on Friday were followed by a period of moderate rain at midday and a partly cloudy afternoon, which, with a temperature of 81F 27C, was quite pleasant. The fractal cats were happy; I was appropriately busy; the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and keep looking up. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Egg-zactly_Eastern { ; time=0:11:46.46-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+1.001517485529658/-0.00009139358870301\ /4.087e+009/1/170/0 params=1/8/-1/7/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=4000 inside=0 logmap=712 periodicity=10 colors=000_f_Zg_Yh_Yi_XjZWkZVlZe2td4sd6rc8qcApbCob\ EnaGmaIlaKl`Mk`Oj_Qi_RhZTgZVfYXeYZeY`dXbcXdbWiaWp`\ fv_arV_nVZjVXgVWcVU_WTWWRTWQPWOLWNHWMEWLHZKKaKNdJP\ fJSiIblOgrLapIXnFSlEPkDNjSAsW71SG9OPGKzNGxU8tbBqaD\ n`Fk_HjZJhYMfXOdWQcVSaUU_TXYSZXR`VQbTPdEjdL_dSPzcD\ r`EdYFaVGYSGVQHRNIOKIKHJHFzDCvA9r66m10h34c47Z6AU7D\ P9GKAJFCMADP7FS5GV3FU5FT7FT8FSAFRCFRDFQFEPHEPIEOKE\ NMENNEMPELRELSFJRFIQFHPFGOGENGDMGCLGBKGAJH8IH7HH6G\ H5FH1BH4EH7HHAKHDNHGQHJTHMWHPZHSaHVdHYiH`lHcoHfqKh\ rHjrClrEmrFdlHWfIN`JFVDCL79C263_Vg`Sd`QaaN_aLXbIUb\ GScDPcBMaD5bBDc9Kd7Rf4ce5Ye6Sc6md7Gc8Am4cc85aB8ZEB\ XHDULGSOKPRPNUULYZI`cGchDfmBjr8mv6pz4sz5oz5lz5iS6e\ N6bH6_B6X65W63W52W51W52X63Y74Y85Z96ZA7_B8_C9`DAaEB\ aFCbGDbHEcIFcJGdKGdKHeLIfMJfNKgOLhPViZMjQNkROlSPmT\ QnURoVSpWTqXUrYUsZUteUudUvdUwdZxccychzcmzcrzbvzbzz\ bzzbzzazzazzazz`zz`zz`zz` } 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=========================================