; Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:26:59 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-08-12 (The Edge of Infinity [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20120828183036.0d970f74@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 28, 2012 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; For today's FOTD we dived deep into the Mandelbrot image of ; August 25, to a depth of over 10^24 to find today's striking ; infinitesimal minibrot. The magnitude is so great that if the ; entire Mandelbrot set were included at the same scale, it would ; be larger than the galaxy. ; ; I kept the same color palette, which I kind of like. Greens and ; oranges remind me of a bed of marigolds. But reusing the same ; colors holds down the rating, which might have been higher if I ; had found new colors. ; ; The name "The Edge of Infinity" is true of all fractals, ; especially at the depth of today's image. ; ; The image is a good example of anti-bifurcation. The outermost ; ring consists of 16 elements arranged in a circle around the ; tiny central minibrot, and the next ring inward has the expected ; 32 elements. But in the following ring we find the count has ; reset itself to 8, from where it again begins doubling. This ; resetting indicates that the scene lies in the basin of a larger ; minibrot rather in the basin of the parent M-set. ; ; The image lies deep in the Seahorse Valley of the large minibrot ; on the main spike of the M-set, where the iteration count is ; already quite high. In addition, the magnitude is great enough ; to require arbitrary precision math. As a result, the image ; takes almost three hours to complete, making a trip to the web ; sites a necessity. ; ; Check the finished image at: ; ; ; ; and the high-definition version at. ; ; ; ; The back images are posted at: ; ; ; ; A virtually perfect day prevailed here at Fractal Central today. ; The temperature of 86F 30C and photoshop (aka Kodachrome) blue ; skies made a scene the Chamber of Commerce could only wish for. ; The fractal cats, being non-commercial, spent the day watching ; for a pet ferret that escaped and is running loose somewhere in ; the area. The humans, who have enough trouble with the fractal ; cats, do not need ferrets to keep them occupied. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted on August 30. Due to a prior ; commitment, there will be no FOTD for August 29. Until then, ; take care, and don't wish for something until you are absolutely ; sure you want it. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheEdgeOfInfinity { ; time=02:50:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.76853051491093\ 93545246339004/2.6627301493804937396066587e-4/2.899\ 515e+024/1/160/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=75000 bailout=16 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=000cMAdMAeMAgNAhNAiOAjOAkPAlPAmQAoQApRAqRAr\ SAsS9tS7uS6vT5wU5xV5yV5zW5zX5zY5zY5zZ5z_5z`5z`5za5\ zb5zc5zc5zd5ze5zf5zf5zg5zh5zi5zi5zj5zk5zl5zl5zj4zi\ 4kh4jf4ie4gd4fb4da3c`3b_3`Y3_X3YW3XU3WT3US2TR2RP2R\ O2QO2PN2NL2MK2KJ1JI1IG1GF1FE1DC1CB1BA1990870660550\ 430220110CTWBSUBRTAQSAPRAOQ9NP9MO8LN8KM8JL7IK7HJ6G\ I6FH6EG5DE5CD4BC4ABmmAmm9ml8nk7nj6li5jh4hg3ff2de1b\ d5`c4_b4Z`4X_4WZ4VX4TW3SU3RT3QS3OR3NQ3MP2KO2JM2IK2\ GJ2FI2EH1DG1BF1AE19D17C16A0580370240110aTXVORPJMJE\ GC9B645WV3PO2JI1CC1660F5KE4JE4JE4JE4ID4ID4ID4HD4HC\ 4HC4GC4GC4GB3FB3FB3FB3EA3E4Ys4Ys4Xs4Xs4Xs4Xs4Xs4Xs\ 5Yt6Zt7Zt8_t9`t9`uAauBbuCbuDcuDcvEdvFevGevHfvIgvIg\ wJhwKhwLiwMjwMjxNkxOlxPlxQmxRnxRnySoyToyUpyVqyVqzW\ rzXszYszZtzZtz_ry_qx_ox`nw`mv`kv`juaitagtafsberbcr\ bbqbapc_pcZocYncWndVmdUldSleRkeQjeOjeNifMhfKhfJgfI\ gdLfbOeaQd_TcZVb`U`aUZbUY } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;