FOTD -- May 24, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is something different. It has no midget at the center, and it has been created by one of the built-in formulas -- the manzpower. To find the image, I drew the Z^(998.1)+C Mandeloid and examined it in the area of the negative real axis. Fractals of such a high order are normally very dull objects, appearing as circles with a multitude of identical tiny bays lying along the perimeter. The inner detail of these bays has a similarity that makes exploration boring. But today's image was drawn with a fractional power of Z, and that fractional part makes the difference. Most of the parent fractal consists of the expected identical bays. The difference lies along the negative real axis, where the fractal is splitting apart and new scenes are springing into existence. It is in this area that today's image lies. In today's image the view window has been rotated 90 degrees. East is up and north is left. The X-axis runs up and down the center of the screen. The magnitude of the scene is a nominal 2x(10^8), the maxiter an unimpressive 1500. The resulting image reminds me of a fantastic tree set against an alien sky, with smoky globules of light scattered among the branches. For reasons not recalled, I named it "Fun in the Sun". The tree itself is unlike anything that could be found on earth, but if one of the leading quantum theories is correct, and an infinity of alternate universes does exist, then this exact scene not only exists, but exists an infinity of times. The rating of a 5 is a fair representation of the image's worth. I found it almost automatically and spent very little time in rendering or coloring it. When the render time of 2 minutes is considered, the overall value is an exciting 226. For fractal convenience, the parameter file of the image has been rendered and the finished image posted to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Sunday was a repeat of Saturday here at Fractal Central. The temperature reached 91F 33C under lots of sun, and the cats spent several hours in the yard, watching cicadas and occasion- ally eating one that fluttered too near. In the evening they came inside and settled down without complaint. Today looks as though it will be another repeat. In my corner of F.C. the work is piling up, so I had best get started. Until next FOTD, which will most likely, but not certainly, appear in 24 hours, take care, and be kind to all types of fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fun_in_the_Sun { ; time=0:02:12.70--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=manzpower passes=1 bailout=10 center-mag=-1.00064242478037900/0/2.137563e+008/1/\ 90/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=0/0/998.1/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof60 outside=real periodicity=10 colors=000F2LD3JC4IB5G96F87D78B59A4\ A82B63C73D73E73F73G74H74I74J84K84L85M85N85O85P81Q7\ 3R85S87T98U9AVACWAEXAFYBHZBJ_CL`CMaDObDQcDSdETeEVf\ FXgGZhH_iIajJckKdlMemOgnQioSkpUkqWmrYos_osapscprep\ qgppippkpompnopmqplrplsoktojunivnhwngxnfyoezodzocz\ ocztbStaTt`Tt_TuZUuYUuXVuWVuWWuVWuUWuTXvSXvRYvQYvP\ YvOZvNZvN_vM_wL`wK`wJ`wIawHawGbwFbxFawFbwFbvFbvFbu\ FbuFbuFctFctFcsFcsFcsFcrFdrFdqFdqFdqFdpFdpFeoFeoFe\ oFenFenFemFemFflFflFflFfkFfkFfjFgjFgjFgiFgiFghFghF\ hhFhgFhgFhfFhfFhhBmgDjfFhfHfeJdeLbdM`cOYcQWbSUbUSa\ WQcYRbXPaXO`XN_XMZXLYXKXXJWXIWWGVWFUWETWDSWCRWBQWA\ PW9PW8RVBSVDUUFVUHWTJYTLZSN_SPaRRbRTdQVeQXfPZhP`iO\ bjOdlNfmNhnNjnMkoMkoLlpLmqKmqKnrJnrIosIosHptHpuGqu\ GqvFrvFrwEswEsvFrqNquGruHrtIrtJrsJqsKqrLqrMqqNqYiO\ ZhPZhPZhQ_gQ_gR_gR_fR`fS`fS`eTaeTaeUadUadUbdVbcVbc\ WXSeVRcUQbSQ`RPZQOYONWNMVMLTKLRJKQIJOGIN } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================