; Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:19:05 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-04-11 (Escalator to Heaven [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110418221914.1267feac@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 19, 2011 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I recently saw on the list a fractal vaguely resembling a stair- ; way, an image that brought out my full philosophizing tendencies ; and condensed them into the automated stairway that is today's ; FOTD image. ; ; The image resembles a stairway to heaven. But this is no every- ; day stairway. It curves upward so sharply that I decided to ; name it "Escalator to Heaven". And a person does not need to ; hold any particular beliefs to ride to the top of the fractal ; escalator. ; ; The image was created by the Mystic formula, one that I wrote ; many years ago, then filed away when I wrote the Mystic2 ; formula. The parent fractal is little more than an amorphous ; mass of stuff, with today's escalator on the west side and a ; smaller stairway on the east side. (This smaller stairway ; luckily leads nowhere in the other direction.) ; ; The rating of a 7 is equal to the old rating of an 8. The calcu- ; lation time of only 33 seconds will pass in a flash. But the ; best way to view the image is to go to the official but far from ; complete FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; or to Hal's web site at: ; ; ; ; where the image is posted in high definition. ; ; The original FOTD web site, with the entire back-library of ; images previous to November 2010 is still up and running at: ; ; ; ; Monday dawned bright and clear here at Fractal Central, but ; clouds moved in by 9am and hung around the rest of the day. The ; temperature of 64F 18C was mild enough, but would have been more ; enjoyable if there had been sun to go with the mild conditions. ; The fractal cats, who care not at all about outside conditions, ; kept themselves happy indoors. Nicholas spent the afternoon as ; a lump under an afghan. Cassandra slept on the couch. The ; humans had an average day, which is all that can be hoped for. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and don't blame me if I use the logical mind God gave me ; to think logically about religion. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= EscalatorTo_Heaven { ; time=0:00:33.06-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=Mystic function=ident/asin passes=1 center-mag=-0.4235/0/3.205128/1/90/0 params=0.75/0\ /0/0/1/0 float=y maxiter=100 inside=bof60 logmap=yes periodicity=6 colors=00066j66i66h76g76f76e77d87c87b87a87`97_97Z9\ 7Y97XA7WA7VA8UA8TB8SB8RB8QB8PC8OC8NC8MC8LD8KD9JD9I\ D9HE9GE9FE9EE9DFADGADHADIBDJBEKCELCEMDENDFOEFPEFQF\ FRFFSGGTGIUHKVHMXIOYIQZIS_JU`JWaKYbKZcLZdLZeMcfMcg\ NchNciOcjOckPclQhmShnUmnUmnXmnXro`vo`zo`zoczoczocz\ ohzphzphzpmzpmzpmzprzprzprzqwzrwzszztzzuzzvzzwzzxz\ zyzzzzzpEKpGJpHJpIIpJIpKHpMGpNGpOFpPFpQEpSEoTDoUCo\ VCoWBoXBoYAo_9o`9oa8ob8oc7od6of6og5oh5oi4oj4mi6lh8\ jg9ifBgeCfdEdcGcbHaaJ``K__MYZOXYPVXRUXSSWURVVPUXOT\ ZNS_LRaKQbIPdHOfFNgEMiCLjBKlAKm9Ln9Mn9Mn9Nn8No8Oo8\ Po8Po8Qo8Qo8Ro8So7Sp7Tp7Tp7Up7Vp7Vp7Wp7Xq6Xq6Yq6Yq\ 6Zq6_q6_q6`q5`r5ar5br5br5cr5cr5dr5er4es4fs4fs4gs4g\ s5ft6et7et8dt9ctAbtBbtCatD`tE`tF_tGZtHZtIYtJXtKWtL\ WtMVtNUtOUtPTtQStRRtSRtTQtUPtVPtWOtXNtYNtZMt_Lt`Kt\ aKtbJtbJtaLraNqaPpaRoaTnaVmaWkaYja_iaahacgbbjb`lb_\ naWq45q45p55o55n55m65l65k } frm:Mystic {; Jim Muth c=pixel, z=sqr(pixel)+(p1*(pixel)): z=sqr(sqr(z)+(p2*(c)))+(p3*(fn1(c))) c=fn2(c), LastSqr <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;