; Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:38:18 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-03-11 (It's All Circles [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110320113825.201f912c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 20, 2011 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The scale of minibrots lying very deep in the Mandelbrot set is ; incredible enough, even awesome. At the scale of today's image ; the entire M-set would be as large as the entire galaxy, if not ; many times larger. It well might be as large as the entire ; visible universe, which is about 27,000,000,000 light years in ; circumference. It is large enough that the chance of today's ; scene having ever appeared on any screen is effectively zero. ; But with all this awesome size behind the image, why does it ; rate only a 6? ; ; The answer lies in the name of the image -- "It's All Circles". ; ; Just as the very high order Mandeloids tend to develop a boring ; similarity, these super-deep minibrots tend to grow boringly ; similar. As today's image shows, they tend to consist of layer ; upon layer of concentric circles, with minor changes in the ; circular decorations, but with an overall similarity that is ; striking at first glance but soon grows boring. (Not all mini- ; brots at this depth are boring circles however. There are ; exceptions, some of which I might post as future FOTD's.) ; ; Still, the fact that today's circular image lies at a depth of ; 2*(10^34) makes the effort of running the parameter file ; worthwhile. ; ; The image is located in the basin of a larger minibrot in the ; basin of a still larger minibrot in the basin of an even larger ; minibrot on a filament extending inland from the northeast shore ; line of the large minibrot on the main stem of the Mandelbrot ; set. ; ; The calculation time of 19-2/3 minutes is surprisingly fast for ; such a deep scene. And even this reasonable time may be saved ; by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The original FOTD web site is still available at: ; ; ; ; Friday here at Fractal central was summer-like, with lots of sun ; and a temperature of 77F 25C. The new fractal cats, who have a ; much less adventurous life than the old fractal cats had, spent ; Friday watching for stray cats and worrying about their next ; meal. Saturday dawned cloudy, but the clouds cleared away by ; midday, leading to a pleasant afternoon with a high of 50F 10C. ; The next FOTD will be posted in 48 hours, more or less. Until ; whenever, take care, and be with it, fractal pro. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= It's_All_Circles { ; time=0:19:42.06-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.740745628752070677391923435253000819\ 49/0.011627426705656461304987086921212283982/1.967\ 708e+034/1/170/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 bailout=25 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=000fTdiPflLinIlqEosBqoEmlGjhIfeLcaN_ZPXVRUS\ UQOWNLYJH`GEbCAd97f6FhBNiGVjKbkPjlTrmYznaxiaveauaa\ sYaqTapPanLalHakDalH`lK_mOZmRYnVXnYWoaVodUogTpiRpj\ QplOqmNqoLqpKrrIrsHrtGnpFjlEfiEbeDZaCVZCRVBNRAJOAF\ K9BG88D8AFCCGFEHIGILIJOJKRLLUNMXPO`RPcSQfURiWSlYTo\ _Ur`VucZrebpgfnijlknjcZWWKHO53N9DMDMMHOLLQLPWKTbKX\ iJ`hMamPcfUc`ZcVcbPhbJkbDjaCi`Bh_BgZAfYAeX9cW9aU8_\ S7UQ7QM6MI6KF5FA5A54000000O2ZqNopJkpFgpCcp8_p5WmCa\ jJfgQkdXpabuZcrWcpUcnRdkOdiMdgJdeGebEe`BeZ9eX8fU8f\ S8fP8fN7gL7gI7gG7gEGjCPlBYo9fq8ot6xv5wr6vo6uk6th6s\ d6ra6qZ6pV7oS7nO7mL7lH7kE7kB7nKFqTMtaUwj`zsgxtcwt_\ vtWutSttOrtKqtGptCzt8zt5zl2ze0zg3Zh5Wi8UkARlCOmFMo\ HJpKGqMErOReIcTDaRH_PLZNPXMTVKXUI`SHcRFgPDkNCoMAsK\ 8wJ7zM6wP6tS5qU5nX5k_4ha4fd4cg3`j3Yl3Vo2Sr2Pt2Np1Q\ l1Sh1Vd1Xa3Z_5_Y6`W8aTAcRBdPDeNFfLGgIIiGKjELkCNlAO\ m9Th8Yb7aY6fS5kM4pH3uB3y6 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;