; Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:26:49 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-08-10 (Stellar Nursery [9.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100815222651.12c751ee@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 16, 2010 (Rating 9.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a scene in a perturbed Mandelbrot set, and it ; is also a scene in some distant galaxy. But is it a real scene ; that actually exists somewhere? This depends on whether the ; universe (or multiverse) is finite or infinite. If the universe ; is limited, then the scene possibly might exist somewhere, some- ; what as it appears in the image, though more likely the image is ; purely imaginary. If the universe is infinite however, then the ; scene actually exists somewhere out there. In fact, it exists ; in an infinity of different locations. Since I assume the uni- ; verse is infinite, I claim that today's image is, in effect, an ; actual photograph of one of those infinity of identical scenes. ; ; Metaphysical philosophizing aside, the star field outlining the ; bud in today's image is all a matter of coloring. Therefore, I ; must humbly give myself most of the credit for the 9-1/2 rating ; of the image. To see what coloring can do, try changing the ; color palette and then see what you think the image is worth. ; ; The name "Stellar Nursery" implies that there is more truth in ; the image than meets the eye. The calculation time of under ; 1-1/4 minutes can hardly be beat. The only thing that stands a ; chance is the trip to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; to view the finished image there. ; ; Heavy clouds and intermittent rain made things rather unpleasant ; here at Fractal Central on Sunday. The temperature of 75F 24C ; was fair enough, though the rain made it hard to enjoy. As of ; 8pm, just over one inch or about 3cm of rain had fallen into ; FL's garden rain gauge. The fractal cats had their big thrill ; when they started chasing a wasp that got into the kitchen. ; Luckily, I removed the bug before anyone got stung. The rest of ; the day was totally routine. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, or maybe don't take care. Life can be pretty boring for ; those who are always taking too much care. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Stellar_Nursery { ; time=0:01:14.91-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.7342\ 475757/+0.144698038/36055/1/-171/0 params=0.65/-0.8 float=y maxiter=1750000 inside=0 logmap=58 colors=000IAKJAKKAKLAKMAKMAKNAKOAKPAKQAKRAKRAKSAKT\ AKUAKVAKWAKXAKXAKYAKZAK_AK`ALaAMaANbAOcAPdAQeARfAS\ fATgAUhAUiAUjAUkAUkAUlATlATlASlASlARlARmAQmAQmAPmA\ PmAOmAOnANnANnAMnAMnAMnALnALoAKoAKoAJoAJoAIoAIpAHp\ AHpAGpAGp9Fp8Fp7Fo6En6Em6El6Ek6Dj6Di6Dh6Dh6Cg6Cf6C\ e6Cd5Bc5Bb5Ba5B`5B`5A_5AZ5AY5AX59W59V59U49U48T48S4\ 8R48Q48P47O47N47M47M46L46K36J36I35H35G35F35F34E34D\ 34C34B34A33923823723722622522422321221121001001102\ 10210210210210210210310310310310310310310310410410\ 41041042042042052052052052052052052052062062062062\ 06206206207207207307307307307307308308308308308308\ 3083093093093090093z9zz9zz9zzA`zz_mzZmzZmzYmzXmzWm\ zVmzVmzUmzTmzSmzSmzRmzQmzPmzPmzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzUzzU\ zzUzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;