FOTD -- September 17, 2004 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Due to a small but hurried job, today's FOTD will be short. Today's image takes us to the northeast shoreline of the main bay of the Mandelbrot set, where we explore rather deep into the inland side of the north branch of the valley leading to the period-6 bud. We find a midget there, with a much smaller midget in its eastern suburbs. This smaller midget and its surroundings are illustrated in today's image. It is a very chaotic area, which is the reason for the name. But there is enough order in the chaos to add features of interest. Due to the work rush, I had little time to color the image, which is a little shy on the green. As a result, I could rate it no higher than a 4. The render time of under 5 minutes gives an overall value of 81. The pre-rendered image is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> There were lots of clouds here at Fractal Central on Wednesday and Thursday, but only a few periods of rain. The cats managed enough outdoor time while it was dry to keep them happy. But today is very cloudy and promises to turn far wetter. The cats could be headed for a bad day. It looks like a rather busy day for me. And the time to get started is now. Until 48 hours passes, take care, and don't get too meta-anything. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ultimate_Chaos { ; time=0:04:54.46--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 mathtolerance=/1 center-mag=+0.37517851389890870/+0.218989084595706\ 20/5.768643e+011/1/-87.5023329487830068/-0.0011606\ 2012740850151 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=32767 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=-4500 periodicity=10 colors=00000`00`00`00`00`00`00`00`00z00z00z00z00z0\ 0z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z02`04`07`09`0B`0D`0Hz0Jz\ 0Mz0Mzg00p00gBOuluuzzpzzlzzgzzezz`zzYzzTyzQrzMlzJj\ zDezB`y7Yu4Tr2Ol0Mj0Hg0BK09K04`00Y00W00T00Q00O00M0\ 0J00H00J00J00M00M00M00O00O00O00Q00Q00Q00T00T00T20W\ 40W70W90YB0YH0YJ0`M0`O0`T0bW0bY0b`0eb0eg0ej0gl0gp0\ gr0jy0jz0jz0lz0lz0jz0lz0lz0py0pu0pr0rp0rj0ug0ue2ub\ 2yY4yW4zT7zQ7zM9zJBzHBzBDz9Dz7Hz4Hz0Jz0Jz0Mz0Mz0Oz\ 0Oz0Qz0Oz0Qz0Tz0Wz0Yz0`z0bz0ez0gz0jz0lz0pz0rz0uz0y\ z0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zy0zu0zp0zl0\ zj0ze0zb2z`4zY7zT9zQBzODzJHzHJzDMzBOz7Qz4Tz2Wz0Yz0\ `z0bz0ez0gz0jz0lz0pz0rz0uz0yz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zzzzz\ 0zz0zz0zz0yz0uz0pz0lz0jz0ez4bz9`zHWzOTzTQz`MzeJzlB\ zyHzrJzpOzlQzjTzgYzb`z`bzYgzWjzTpzOrzMuzJzzHzzDzzB\ zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0yz0pz9gzM`zYQzlTzjTzgTzeWzeWzbWz\ `0z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z0 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================