Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image uses only the first 50 or so colors in the color palette, yet rates an exceptional 9.5.  I considered rating it at a 10, but a rating of a 10 is the absolute top, and if I had given a 10, there would be no higher rating available for an even better image.

The image shows an order-17 minibrot lying on a filament in an anti-minibrot in a bit of debris in the interior of a half-morphed minibrot well out on the main spike of the parent fractal, which on the surface is a Mandelbrot set.  The Seahorse Valley characteristics show that the chunk of debris lies in the Seahorse Valley area of the half-morphed minibrot.

The Sunday weather turned out very nondescript here at Fractal Central, with lots of clouds, a little sun, a little rain, and a temperature of 79F 26C.  The mighty fractal cats enjoyed every minute of it.

My day was about as average as a day could be.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and be just a bit wiser every day.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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