FOTD -- July 25, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "Deep in the East". The name indicates that it is a scene located very deep in East Valley of the Mandelbrot set. The center real coordinate of 0.250007... indicates exactly how deep in East Valley the scene lies. The imaginary value of -0.0000000296... shows the narrowness of the valley at the real value of 0.250007. The maxiter of 1,300,000 might be a bit excessive, but it indicates the difficulty of exploration in this area of the M-set, where most of the elements in the image have a maxiter of well over 10,000. The magnitude of 8*10^12 emphasizes the difficulty of the area. The mathtolerance entry in the parameter file is needed to assure that the image renders at the correct magnitude and does not slip into arbitrary precision math, which would cause the image to take at least 72 hours to finish. The most striking thing about the image is the 'pinched-off' nature of the elements. This 'pinched-off' effect is common in the deeper parts of valleys. The entire scene is located in the shallow part of an 'elephant-trunk' spiral, the location being reflected in the curving elements surrounding the midget. I rated the image at a 6, since I feel it is a bit above average in fractal worth. When adjusted for the render time of 26-3/4 minutes, the overall value registers a 22. That value may be increased by downloading the completed image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A warm showery day Friday led to a dry cloudy and cooler day Saturday. The cats went no farther than the covered porch on Friday, but enjoyed several pleasant hours in the holly thicket on Saturday. Rain is threatening again today, so it remains to be seen how the cats will make out. As for me, I plan on taking it as easy as possible, ignoring the overdue work until tomor- row. Until the next FOTD appears, take care, and meditate for fractal serenity. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Deep_in_the_East { ; time=0:26:49.37--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=+0.25000708379627680/-0.000000029635013\ 58/7.976154e+012/1/15.01703628653671/-0.0446438823\ 576447985 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1300000 bailout=9 inside=0 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=/1 colors=000zuuwrruposmlpkjniglfdidaga_e_XcYU`VRZTPX\ QMUOJSMGQJENHBLE8JC5HA3I95I97I88I8AJ7CJ7DJ6FJ6HK5I\ K5KK5LK4NK4PL3QL3SL2UL2VM1XM1ZM0_M0aM0bQ4aU8aYCa`G\ adKahOakSaoWas_avbar`Yo_VkZShYPdWLaVIYUFVTCSS9RRCQ\ QFPPIOOLNNOMMQLLTKKWJJZIIaHHdGHfHGcIFaIE_JDYKDVKCT\ LBRMAPMANNDONFPOIQOKRPNSPPTQSUQUVQXWRZXRaYScZSf_Th\ `TkaUnbUpcUmdWkbXg`ZbZ_YXaUVbRTdFRe9Pf4Nd6Ob7Pa8P_\ AQYBQXCRVDSTFSSGTQHTOIUNKVLLVJMWINWHOUHOTGOSGOQFPP\ FPOEPNEPLDQKDQJCQHCQGBRFBREARCARB9SA9S88S78S68S5AU\ ABWECYJE_NFaRGcWHe_JgcKihLklMlpNkpOjoPioRhoSgoTfnU\ enVdnXcnYbmZam_`m`_maZm`ak`dj_gh_ig_jfVh`RdWM`RIXM\ DSG9OB4K60G11J41M61P81SB1VD1YF1`H2bK2eM2hO2kQ2nT2q\ V2tX2vZ7uWCtUGtSLsPQrNUrLZqIcpGgpEhnFhlGijHiiIjgJj\ eKkdLkbMl`Nl_NmYOmWPnVQnTRoRSoPTpOUpMVqKWqJWrHXrFY\ sEZsC_tA`t9au7bu5cu4cs6cr7cp8coAcmBclCckEciFchGcfH\ ceJcdKcbLcaNc_OcZPcYQczww } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================