FOTD -- April 02, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a view of a sub-midget that lies in the 'East Valley' area of a larger midget situated near the main bay of the Z^(1.55)+C Mandeloid. I put the words east valley in quotes because the valley might or might not be an actual East Valley. I consider it an east valley because it appears to be connected to the main body of the parent fractal by a broken series of elements. The thing that appears in today's image is a close-up of the center of one of these disconnected elements. When I saw the completed image, I was immediately reminded of a strange alien sun bursting through storm clouds. The name "Helios" quickly came to mind. I rated the image at a 7 because it is rather striking when viewed for the first time. When the render time of 9-1/3 minutes is figured in, the overall value rates a 75. To see the alien sun, run the included parameter file, or let Paul do the work, and download the image from his FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The rain fell steadily all day Thursday here at Fractal Central, with a temperature than never made it above 46F 8C. The dynamic fractal cats were most dis-satisfied with the conditions, and let their frustration be known by getting into a fight. The fight started when Thomas tried to take the spot on the couch that Tippy had already settled in. Thomas received a scratched head; Tippy got a nick on his ear. When they made up, I treated them to some tuna, and they ended the day peacefully. Today is starting cloudy and quite cool, with occasional light rain showers. Hopefully, the duo will get through the day without fighting. My work is reasonably light, but even this small amount of work will never be finished unless it is started. Until next fractal, take care, and watch out for alien fractals invading from outer space. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Helios { ; time=0:09:18.09--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 center-mag=-0.7\ 9192732503137/-0.10521279334263/1625891/1/-82.5/-1\ .3239373070073e-009 params=1.55/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 logmap=263 periodicity=10 colors=000O0AO0AP0AP0AQ0AQ0AR0AR0AS2AS4AT6AT8AUAAU\ AAVAAVAAWAAX8AY6AZ4A_2A`0Ab0Ad0Af0Ah0Aj0Az0zzbevzG\ rzJpzLlzNjuPgoTeiVcdX_ZZYTbUNdSHeQCg_HeiNdpRbzXbz`\ `zeZziZneeFbmH`oJZoJXoLVoLToMToORqOPqQNqQLqSJqSJqc\ PdlTTvXHzbPzgXzXXzNX5PzMHzjCzz4zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0z\ z0zv0zr0zl0zg0zc0zg0zj0zn0ur0ov0iz2dz6ZzATzENzHHzL\ CzP6zT0zX0z`0zd0ze0zg0zk0zm0zo0zs0zu0zv0zz0zz0zz0z\ z0zz0zz0zz0zz0xz0tz0rv0ns0jo2ik4ee6ab8YZ8WVASRCONE\ MJESRHWXLabNegRimTnsXrxZvzbzzdzzgzzipzzjzzezz_uzUq\ zQmzLgzFdz9`z5Vz5Rz5Nz5Hz5Ez5Az58zQ8zn8zz8xz8vz6uz\ 4sz2sz0qz0qz0oz0mz0mz0kv0gz0sz0i_0eY0dY2bY6ZWCXYGV\ SJTMNPHRNBXL5`H5eG5uE5uC5sH5qN5qR5eX5eb5de5dk5bq5`\ u5`z5Zz5Zz5Xz5XzM0xzkLzT8tzPWze9zuFzsJzsOzsSzqWzqa\ zqezojzonzorzmxzmzzmzzkzzkzzkxzTgzASz0az0jz0tz0zz2\ zz4zz6zz8zzGWzLQzELz6Hz0Bz05z05z05z05z05z27zC7zJ9z\ R9z`_zb_zeaziazmazqOz0Mz4 } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================