FOTD -- August 11, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image exists in a parent fractal that resembles a Mandelbrot set about 200 times its normal size. The actual scene is at the edge of the infinitely-divided negative X-axis of the parent, in the East Valley of the large minibrot on its main stem. The image shows a minibrot of about average quality, which is well enough. But just to the right of this minibrot lies a second minibrot, this one with subtle variations. Its large bud is cut off at Seahorse Valley, while notable differences exist in its surrounding pattern. The visible part of this second minibrot resembles a fractal that lies very near the escape radius of its parent. In this case however, it is not the escape radius, but rather a discon- tinuity that the minibrot lies very close to. Regardless, the effect is the same. I named the image "Going Out of Sight", which is what the second minibrot is doing. I rated the image at a 7, which is FOTD average. The calculation time of just over one minute will pass in a flash for those who have no time to spare. It will also pass in a flash for those with all the time in the world, how- ever much time that might be. Taking all this into consideration, I recommend avoiding the task of measuring the amount of time in the world by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Monday was marked by hot weather here at Fractal Central. The hot sun and temperature of 91F 33F kept activity at a minimum, at least among the fractal cats, who spent the day under the cool air. I spent the day doing the work, while FL repaired some of the damage done to her garden by Sunday's storm. Unfortunately, the flattened sunflowers look like goners. If all goes well, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. It will probably be posted even if a few minor things do go wrong. Until then, take care, and do well. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Going_Out_of_Sight { ; time=0:01:04.87-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=NewDivideBrot function=recip center-mag=-349.323801403/+0.085115707/3873.97/1/\ -175/0 params=2.5/200 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000TFNcGXnHfyHo9oJdvNirLmnJqjIib`jZWkVSlROm\ OJnKFoGBoD7nKLmRYlYkkcxyHTtIXoI`kIdfJhbJlYJpUJsC`J\ pt6njBmaFkSJjJNiQCiW1aOGVHUOAgH3uH5nH6hH7bH9XHARHB\ LJANLAPN9QP9SR8US8VY6Vb5Vh3Vm2Vf9Q_GLTNHMUCF`79g3B\ gCCgLEgTFgaGgiLDmMJmNKmOLmPMmQNmROmSPmTQmURmVSmWTm\ XUmYVmZWm`XgbXadYWeYQgZKiZEk_8l_3kb4jd4jf5ih5zm6zp\ 6zs7zw7zz4AJGYcQZkUWgQSaMNVIBPF8JB5C7263nu1PT09gY4\ MHPkaKcVGWPCOJ8GC486ILfFI`DFWBDQ9AL67G45A225TcNLUH\ EKB7A5p4ru3dp2Rp1DuKWlHRmEMcBIc8DU59U24UlWPcQKWLFO\ GAGA585KTfGOZDJSAEL69E347eHzZPmSPmLPmE54722j6Wv1xm\ 0oe0fX0YP0QG0H808VHfQE_MCUH9OD7I84C426ai7Wb6RW5LQ4\ GJ3AD25614rd3gW2XO1MG0B8T9rO7hJ6_E4R93I419JNvGJmDG\ eADX89P56G238A7P86L75I64F53C329216103Iy89V4XZgSU`N\ PVIKPEFI9AC4568kZ6aS4SL3JE197UjwKVcAFK2nL1aF1PA0C5\ aYWXTSSPONLKJHGECC988444KgJG_FDTCAM96E6373LveHlZEb\ SioLonPumThcMWVGJM97D3IED } frm:NewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================