FOTD -- June 05, 2009 (Rating 9) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Anyone looking at yesterday's image can see at once that nothing interesting lies at the tips of those narrow brilliant diagonal lines inside the central bay of the Seahorse Valley Julia set. But not being 'anyone', I took a look anyway. The going was incredibly slow, but I finally found a scene that rates an honest 9. What I found is a screen filled with spider webs, peanut holes and glowing comets. This is exactly what I found in a recent trip to the deepest depths of the true Seahorse Valley. Today's image is not sliced in the Mandelbrot direction however. It is sliced in a virtual Julia direction, yet it is filled with the stuff normally found in the Mandelbrot direction. I did not check for Mandelbrot minibrots in the scene. The going is simply too slow. But the image has a minibrot feeling to it, and I would not be surprised to find some minibrots hiding in the depths, perhaps only slightly perturbed. And I wonder if this is a way of getting extra magnification for nothing. First we enlarge the valley as I did in yesterday's image, then we can dive into the already enlarged valley and get something for nothing. Of course, it is impossible to get some- thing for nothing, and I suspect that all we're doing here is shifting the decimal point, meaning that breakdown would happen at a much less magnitude. The name of the image is simply a catalog number. The rating of a 9 indicates that I am quite pleased with what I found in such an un-promising location. The calculation time of over 3 hours is no mistake. I very strongly recommend hurrying to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> to enjoy the pleasure of seeing the image already calculated. FL asked no interesting questions Thursday, so I have no reason to wax philosophical. (BTW, where is Mister Phil O. Sophical?) The fractal cats had ample reason to complain however. The lack of sun and temperature of only 68F 20C was not to their liking, and they showed their dissatisfaction by tearing apart one of their catnip mice. My day was slightly busy, but otherwise uneventful. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until next time, take care, and if we found why there is something instead of nothing, we would solve most other un-answerable questions. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seahorse_Valley-05 { ; time=3:01:36.89-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=jim.frm float=y formulaname=ObliqueManPlus inside=255 center-mag=+0.034148955808/+0.034200698652/205344/\ 1/-132.5/0 params=0/0/-0.75/0/0.0075/0.0075 maxiter=7500000 logmap=6129 periodicity=10 colors=000_Ef_Eh_Ej_Dk_Dm_Do_Cp_Cr_CsZDrYErXErXFrW\ FrVGrVGrUHrTHrTIrSIqRJqRJqQKqPLqPLqOMqNMqNNqMNqLOp\ KOpKPpJPpIQpIQpHRpGSpGSpFTpEToEUoDUoCVoCVoBWoAWoAX\ o9Xo8Yo8Yo9Zn9ZnAZnA_nB_nB_nB`nC`nC`mDamDamDamEbmE\ bmFbmFcmFcmGclGdlHdlHdlHdlIelIelJelJflKfkKfkKgkLgk\ LgkMhkMhkMhkNikNijOijOjjOjjPjjPkjQkjQkjQkjRkkSkkSk\ lTklUklUkmVkmWkmWknXknXknQmjJofDqb6sZ0tW1rX1pY2oZ2\ m_3l`3ja4ia4gb5fc5dd6be6af7_g7Zg8Xh8Wi9Uj9TkARlAPm\ BOmBMnCLoCJpDIqDGrDFrCEdBDRBCECDFCDGCDGCEHCEICEICF\ JCFKCFKCGLDGLDGMDHNDHNDHODIPDIPDIQDJQDJRDJSEKSEKTE\ KUELUELVELVEMWEMXEMXENYENZFNZFO_FO_FO`FPaFPaFPbFQc\ FQcFQdFQdGRcGSbHTaHTaIU`IV_JW_JWZKXYKYXLZXLZWM_VM`\ VNaUNaTNbTOcSOdRPdQPeQQfPRgOSgOThNUiMVjMWjLXkKYlJZ\ mJ_mI`nHaoHbpGcpFdqFerEfsDgsChtCiuBjvAkvAlw9mxCnxF\ owKpvPqwUrwUswUtxUuxUvxUwxUzyUzyUzyUzyUzzUzzXzz_zz\ bzzezzhzzkzznzzqzztzzwzzz } frm:ObliqueManPlus {;Jim Muth z=p1+pixel, c=p2+(p3*pixel): z=sqr(z)+c, |z| <=100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================