Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's image takes us back in time to the halcyon days of the MandNewt series of formulas, in particular the MandNewt11 formula.  Don't ask what this series of formulas does or was supposed to do.  I haven't the foggiest idea, but one thing it certainly does is create some unusual images.

I named the image "Mandy in the Sky".  If I had more room, I might have added 'with diamonds' since the sky surrounding the not-quite-critical Mandelbrot set is filled with rings of sparkling points that could be either stars or diamonds.

The rating of an 8 indicates that, even though the image may not be the best of all time, it is new and different enough to be given a rating that is notably above average.

The fireball fast calculation time of 15 seconds will seem to pass in a flash once the diamonds begin appearing at the top and bottom of the screen.  And viewing the image on one of the web sites will eliminate the flash.

The preview of summer continued here at Fractal Central today, with a temperature of 81F 27C, gentle winds, and a blue sky filled with puffy white clouds.  The fractal cat spent most of the day watching the birds, which were quite active in the area.  The humans made it through another day with nothing going wrong -- a task that is not as easy as it might first appear.

The next FOTD will be posted in the appropriate time.  Until whenever, take care, and we know that physical matter is real because it is there even when no one is looking, but if no one ever looks, how do we know that the matter is there?

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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frm:MandNewt11 {; Jim Muth
z=g=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2),
d=imag(p2), e=real(p3), f=imag(p3):
h=z^a+(g-b)*z-f
j=c*z^d+g
z=z-e*h/j,
.0000000000000000000000000000005 <= |h| }

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