; May 6, 1997: Life On Vega-5 ; ; vega ; ; Fractal visionaries: ; ; Today's fractal is one of my favorites. A study in emerald, it ; resembles a cosmic mushroom cloud illuminated gently from behind by a ; pearly grey-blue radiance. ; ; The formula is pure serendipity. To create it, I wrote expressions that ; I thought would make sense, and lo and behold, they worked. This ; formula is part of a series of serendipitous formulas I call MandNewt, ; because they combine features of Newton's fractals and mandeloid ; fractals. The six variable parameters add to the serendipity by causing ; the resulting image to be nearly unpredictable. ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; START FORMULA FILE============================================== Emerald { ; time=0:00:59.65-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=1950 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandNewt10 passes=1 center-mag=-0.106416/0/2.38/1/90/0 params=5/-1/1/\ 0.5/1/5e-031 float=y maxiter=430 inside=255 logmap=yes periodicity=0 sound=off colors=0008H78H78H78H78H77I67I67J67J6A66A86AA6AC6A\ E6AG6AI6AJ6AK5AL5AM5AN5AO5AP5AQ5AR59S58T57U56U56U5\ 6U56U56U56U56U55U45U45U45U45U45U45U45U45U45U45U45U\ 45U45V45W45X45Y45Z44_34_34`34`34a34a34a34b34b34c34\ c34c34d34d34d34e34e35f36f27f28g29g2Ag2Bh2Ch2Di2Ei2\ Gi2Ij3Kk3Mk3Ol4Qm4Sn4Un4Wo4Yp4_q5aq5cr5es5gs5it6ku\ 6mv6ov6qw6tx6wy7zz7wz7tz7qy8oy8my8ly9ky9jy9ix9hx9g\ xAfxAexAdxAcxAbxBaxB`xB_wBZwCYwCXwCWwCVwCUwDUwDUwD\ UwDUvDUvEUvETvETvETvETvFTvFTvFTvFTvFSuGSuGSuGSuGSu\ GSuHSuHSuHRuHRuIRtIRtIRtIRtIRtJRtJQtJQtJQtJQtKQsKQ\ sKQsKQsKPsLPsLPsLPsLPsLPsMPsMPrMOrMOrMOrNOrNOrNOrN\ OrOOrONrONqONqONqPNqPNqPNqPNqPMqQMqQMqQMqQMpQMpRMp\ RMpRLpRLpRLpSLpSLpSLpSLoSLoTKoTKoTKoTKoUKoUKoUKoUK\ oUJnVJnVJnVJnVJnVJnWJnWJnWInWInWInXImXImXImXImXImY\ HmYHmYHmYHmYHmZHlZHlZHlZGl_Gl_Gl_Gl_Gl_Gl`GlbGleFl\ hFmkFmnFnqFntFowFozFpzFpz } frm:MandNewt10 {; Jim Muth z=g=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2), d=imag(p2), k=real(p3), f=imag(p3): h=z^a+(g-b)*z-g j=c*z^d+g z=z-k*h/j, f <= |h| } ; END PARAMETER FILE============================================== ;