FOTD -- October 20, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The parent fractal of today's image is a Mandelbrot set with cubic characteristics in its depths, and today's image lies quite deep indeed. The scene is located in one of the east- style valleys of a larger cubic minibrot on a filament extending from the large northern bud of the parent M-set. Since I rather like the color scheme, I rated the image at a 7. The name "Mystic Conspiracy" refers to the unfinished pyramidal shape surrounding the minibrot. Some would have us believe that such a shape, especially with the all-seeing eye hovering above it, is a symbol of a conspiracy to take over the world. I think the conspirators are supposed to have been plotting the takeover for over a thousand years, and the plot might even involve space aliens. If so, the aliens must be pretty inept. The calculation time of 6-1/4 minutes is a bit slow. A faster way to see the finished image is to view it on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> An absolutely cloudless sky, light winds and a temperature of 55F 13C made Monday one of the best days of the autumn here at Fractal Central. With total sunshine on their window shelf, the fractal cats were as happy as cats can be. With the work finished, my day was acceptable. Unless something goes awry, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and wait for the aliens to uncloak. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mystic_Conspiracy { ; time=0:06:13.03-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=+0.02385231181558285/+1.022424410500009\ /2.4e+012/1/100/0 params=3/13 passes=1 maxiter=6000 inside=0 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0009aeA`dA_dA_cAZcAZbAYbKKUvfcrddn`enV`bNXY\ FTU8PzGKzOFRWAzjV8yzzxiExzzwazwYzwTOvzzvLzvHzeDGP9\ z867C45F32J20M13Q45T67W89_BBbDDeFJfJPfMVfP`fSffVkf\ YegZ_g_Vg`PgazwbEgcIdZLaVO_RRXNUUIXSE_PAbN6hYBnhFf\ nE_tETyEUuJUqNUmSUiWUe_UadUYhUUlQTnNTpKTqHTsETtBTz\ 8Tz9Vz9Xc9YU9_K9aA9b1Dh5Hn8LtBPyEUvFYtGbrGfpHknIol\ IfgKZbMRZOJUQBQRDUyGTuISqLRnNQjPPfSOcUN_WMXeaWf`Tf\ _PfZLgYIgXEhWBhV7hU4iW5iX5iY6iZ6i`7ia7ib8ic8ie9if9\ igAihAijBikBilCimChkHhiMhgRheWgc`gaeg_jgYogXshZqh`\ ohbmhdlhfjhhhhjfhkeimcioaiq_isZiuXiwViyTizSfzSdzSb\ zT_zTPgkPgkPgkPgkPgjQgkRgkQgkRgkSgkSgkShkShkRhkRhk\ RhkQikQikQikPikPikPjkPjkOjkOjkOjlNklNklNkmMkmMknMm\ nMnoLooMppNqpOrrPrrQrrRrrSrsTstUsuVsvWswXsxYtyZtz_\ tz`tzatzbuzcuzduzeuzfuzguzitzktzmtzotzqtzsszutzwuz\ yvzzwzzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyyyuuumvucr\ sUmoKhk8ch9cg9cg9bf9bf9ae } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================