; Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:10:10 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-09-11 (Armageddon Aspect [?]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110902231012.1477f796@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 02, 2011 (Rating ?) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image immediately impressed me as a view of a nuclear ; explosion seen from a distance of a couple miles. Since a ; nuclear war is the most likely way the world might end, I ; promptly named the image "Armageddon Aspect". ; ; The image is a view of the north edge of the infinitely-divided ; main spike of the Z^(2.000001)+C Mandeloid as it appears in the ; East Valley area of a minibrot located around -1.86 on the ; spike. Some curiously corrupt minibrots lie at the heart of the ; nuclear explosion. I may check one of these for the next FOTD. ; ; Armageddon is the name given to the supposedly soon-to-come ; ultimate battle between the forces of good, led by God, and the ; forces of evil, led by the evil one himself. We are assured the ; forces of good will triumph, but the battle will leave the ; planet in ruins and the survivors wishing they had believed some ; of that stuff the fundamentalists tried to tell them. (The full ; details are in the last book of the bible, but you'll need a ; program and score card to find your way through the symbolism.) ; ; How could I rate an image that pictures the end of the world? I ; could not. So I gave it a rating of a question mark, which ; leaves the rating to be decided by the individual viewer. ; ; The image calculates in a very brief 27 seconds, a much shorter ; time than it will take the forces of good to defeat the forces ; of evil in the big battle. ; ; The annoyance of setting up the parameter file for calculation ; may be avoided by viewing the finished image on the official ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The high-definition version may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; The original web site is at: ; ; ; ; The clouds hung overhead most all day here at Fractal central, ; while the temperature of 77F 25C kept the fractal cats happy. ; The humans kept moderately busy doing commercial stuff and ; moderately happy pondering the possibility of retirement. The ; FOTD is in no danger of being retired however; in fact, the next ; one will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be ; satisfied with the world as it is, with all its problems. It's ; not going to change any time soon. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Armageddon_Aspect { ; time=0:00:27.19-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=MandelbrotN center-mag=-1.860582987215\ /+0.000005006572/2.4e+008 params=2.000001/0/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=00000z00w00s00p00l00i00e00N00L00J00H00F00D0\ 0B009007005003001000106A05K04U03c08h6DoAItFMzJXzYf\ zdpznfzmfzrfzvfzzfzzfzzpzzpzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zZiq`ipbhnehmghligjkgimghoffqfesfdh_aZTZPMWFGUJGWN\ GYRGZVG`ZGabGcfGejGfnGhqGinFkkElhDmeCnbBo_ApXAqU9r\ R8sO7tL6uI5vF4wD4xC6uB7sA9q9An8Bl7Dj6Eg5Ge4Hc3Ia4L\ `5O_5R_6UZ6XZ7_Y8bX8dX9gW9jWAmVBpUBsUCvTCxTGuUKrVO\ oVSlWWiX_gXcdYgaZkZZoW_rU_qTWqTTpTPpTMoTJoTFnTCnT9\ oP9pL9rHAsDAt9Au5ApSKlnUflQ`kNWiJQhGLgDJdFIbHH`JGZ\ LFXMJZVM`cQbkTdtWezkbaz_CwZNuYYrXgpWrnWziTsdRk_OcW\ MVRJNMHFIF7FCHC9M97864M42`BHgIWoPjvWzzmzzszzzzzb9q\ YCkUEePH`LJVGMPCOKA`O9mR8zUEyRJyOOtMWjVgecp`lzeuzn\ shlqcpoZsmUvlNi`GXQ9LFGOKRQOXSTlUXiWWgXWiYVgZVe_VY\ WLQTCJc3Hm8FmDDmIBmM9mR7mW6m_9zVCzQFzLFzNzzOzzPzzQ\ zzSzzTzzUzzVzzVzzVzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:MandelbrotN {; Jim Muth b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel: z=z^(b)+c, |z| <= 16 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;