FOTD -- January 21, 2012 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In today's FOTD I have infected an oversized Mandelbrot set with some Z^8 stuff and checked its huge East Valley to see what the infection causes to happen there. The first thing I discovered was that when order-8 minibrots mix with quadratic ones, things work out nice and symmetrically around the minibrots, with the powers-of-two series intact. Today's image shows how neat and orderly things appear when all the numbers fall compactly into place. (Reduce the real(p1) parameter to 7 and notice how quickly all that hard-earned symmetry vanishes.) I named the image "Eight Bells", which on a ship happens six times a day. I can give no logical reason for the name other than a recognition of the order-8 stuff that has corrupted but not diminished the large parent Mandelbrot set. The rating of a 7-1/2 might have been higher if I had had more time to work on the coloring. As it is, the colors are a bit flat, but not so flat as to be boring. The calculation time of just under 2 minutes will pass fast once the detail starts to appear at the top of the frame. But 2 minutes is still 2 minutes. All tasks connected with setting up and running the included parameter file may be avoided however by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> or by viewing it in high-definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD web site with all the images may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Snow began falling here at Fractal central during the night, and by the time it ended in the late morning, about 7 inches, 18cm, had piled up. Luckily, the snow was very fluffy and cleared away with almost no effort. The fractal cats sent encouragement from the window as I finished the sidewakl-cleraing job in less than 20 minutes. FL had the hot coffee waiting when I returned inside. The weather for the rest of the day was cloudy with a temperature of 27F -3C. The humans found a little relaxation at a local antique mall. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and when all else fails, try the fractal diet. It's calorie-free and guaranteed to work. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Eight_Bells { ; time=0:01:50.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MultiExp function=recip center-mag=+214.0933257928578/-3.065099419453629/\ 5.548817e+008/1/15/0 params=8/800 float=y maxiter=2250 inside=0 logmap=376 periodicity=6 colors=000A0KA0KA0KA0KA0KA1KB2LC3MD4NE5OF6PG7QH8RI\ 9SJATJBSKCRKCPKDOKDNKEMKFKKFJLFJLGHLGGLGFLGDLGBKGA\ LGALG8MG9LH9MH9MI9MJ9MK9ML9MM9MN9MO9MQ9MR9MS9MT9MU\ 9MV9MW9MX9MY9MZ9M_9Ma9Mc9Me9Mg9Mi9Mk9Mm9Mo9Mq9Mq9M\ q9NoCOlFOiIPeLQbOQ_QRWTSTWSQZTNaUJdUGfVDiW9lW6oX3r\ X0tV1qT2nR2kP3hO4eM4bK5_I5XH6UF7RD7OB8LA8IB9KCAMDB\ NECPFDRGESHFUIGWJHXKIZLJ`MKaNLcOMePNfQOhRPjSQkTRmU\ SnSRoRQoQPpPOpONqNMqMMqLLrKKrJJsHIsGHtFGtEGtDFuCEu\ BDvACv9Bw8Aw7Aw99uB9sC9qE9oF9mH9lI8jK8hM8fN8dP8cQ8\ aS7_T7YV7WW7VY7T_7R`7Pb6Nc6Le6Kf6Ih6Gj6Ek5Cm5Bn5Kp\ 5Uq5cs5mt5zqHwoTrpSopSmpRkpRipQfpQdpPbqP`qOYqOWqNU\ qNSpMPpMNpLLpLJpKGpKEoJCoJAoJ8pI7pG5oE4nC3mA2n91nC\ 2oE2oH2pJ2qM2pP2pT2oW2oZ2ob3nd3ng3mi3ml3mn3lq3ls3l\ u3hs7dpBaoFYqIUoMRnQNlUKjXLkVzeUzeSzfRzfQzgOzgNzhM\ ziKziJzjIzjGzkFzkEzlCzmBzmAznzznzzozzozzpzzpzznzzm\ zzkzzjzzizzgzzfzzdzzczzbz } frm:MultiExp { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 100000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================