;     Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:37:24 -0500
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 29-12-10 (The Life on Vega-E [8])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20101228233729.16ef1b06@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- December 29, 2010 (Rating 8)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's image was created by the formula Z^2.01+C.  The parent 
; fractal of the image is shaped like a Mandelbrot set with two 
; main stems and a large minibrot on each stem.  The scene lies in 
; the East Valley of the large minibrot on the northern stem of 
; the parent, where the stem is infinitely divided.
; 
; I named the image "The Life on Vega-E", when I imagined what 
; kind of life might exist on a hypothetical fifth planet circling 
; the star Vega.  The star Vega is brighter than earth's sun, so I 
; assumed the fifth planet would lie in the habitable zone of the 
; star.  Of course, if the type of life involves chemical pro-
; cesses unknown on earth, the habitable zone might lie somewhere 
; else.
; 
; The life I conjured up resembles a kind of lumpy sickly-green 
; caterpillar of the earth variety, such as what we see around the 
; edges of today's image.  Much smaller caterpillars lie closer to 
; the central minibrot, though these are more difficult to pick 
; out.
; 
; The rating of an 8 gives me credit for the coloring.  The calcu-
; lation time of one minute will pass in two flashes for those 
; with machines that do not panic at the sight of a command line.  
; Those afflicted with such over-qualified units may view the 
; finished image on the currently active FOTD web site at:
; 
; <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html>
; 
; The other esoteric fractal fanatics will find past images back 
; to April, 1997 on the original FOTD web site at:
; 
; <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/>
; 
; The site is not up to date however.
; 
; We had lots of sun here at Fractal Central on Tuesday, but the 
; blustery wind and temperature that hung around freezing made it 
; unpleasant out in the open.  The fractal cats, who probably will 
; never be out in the open, were unconcerned with the outside 
; chill.  They were quite happy on their shelf in the window when 
; the sun was shining, and on their shelf over the hall radiator 
; when it was not.
; 
; The human side of things went along according to plan.  In fact 
; one job needed no work at all to be done on it.  The next FOTD 
; will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and they say 
; each individual is an ephemeral emergent phenomenon.  I guess 
; that answers all the big questions about the meaning of life.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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  sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d),
  p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd),
  q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd),
  r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9
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; END PARAMETER FILE=========================================
; 
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