FOTD -- July 03, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: There are two versions of today's scene, calculated by two different formulas, one sliced in the Mandelbrot direction, the other sliced in the almost-Julia direction, give or take a fraction of one second of arc. The fast Mandelbrot version takes under 3 minutes to calculate, the slow Julia version takes 4-1/2 hours. Since the images are virtually identical, I advise running the fast version and taking my word that the slow version appears identical. The slow version is the topic of this discussion however. In three-dimensional space two planes must intersect in a line, and lie at a certain single unique angle to each other. In four- dimensional space two planes intersect in only a single point and lie at two independent angles to each other. When the two angles are equal, every point in one plane in a circle around the point of intersection is at the same distance from the other plane. It makes no sense to a 3-D programmed mind, which visualizes a conic section, but that's the way it is. Today's fast image intersects the Julia plane at a double angle of 90,90 degrees. The slow image intersects the Julia plane at a double angle of a tiny fraction (about 1/50th) of one second of arc from the actual Julia direction, yet the change from Mandelbrot to Julia features has not yet appeared. The change will appear in the next 0.000001 degree of double rotation however. Some pretty abstract thinking is needed to figure out what's happening here. (It's beyond me!) All this abstraction prevents me from rating the image, though the calculation time of the fast version of under 3 minutes makes it relatively simple to see the image. Masochists who want to assure themselves that both images are virtually identical may start the slow version and wait half a day or so. The best way to see and compare both versions is to view them on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 82F 28C made Thursday near ideal here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats enjoyed things as much as they could, while my day was average. The next FOTD is due to be be posted in 24 hours, but we expect a big rush job on Friday, so don't be surprised if the FOTD is late. Until whenever, take care, and keep searching. 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