Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The August FOTD theme is scenes deep in the Mandelbrot set.  But this does not necessarily mean the images must be deep enough to require arbitrary precision math.  At the scale of today's image, the entire M-set is about the size of the solar system.  And at least IMO, this magnitude is quite large enough for the scene to be considered 'deep'.

The image comes in two versions -- a slow version that finishes in 24 minutes and a fast version that finishes in 4 seconds.  I have included a parameter file for each version.  The difference in quality is very small, but it is there.  Those who value time above quality should run the fast version.  Others will run the slow version and have an inner satisfaction that their image is marginally the better.

The scene is located in the East Valley of a larger Minibrot that lies in a chaotic knot on the long filament extending from the north bud of the minibrot at -1.417 on the main spike of the Mandelbrot set -- a rather well-explored area, but one that still holds surprises.

The flat, (sky-blue), background was achieved by rendering the image with the logmap set to an artificially large 1260.  The correct value is around 970.

The rating of a 7-1/2 includes 1/2 point for the coloring, even though most of the coloring was done by the Fractint program, with only a few tweaks applied by me.  The name "Colors Without End" is based on the richness of colors in the image.

The slow, top-quality version is posted on the FOTD web site.

Today here at Fractal Central was a repeat of yesterday, with the same kodachrome skies, puffy clouds, low humidity, and a slightly warmer temperature of 84F 29C.  The fractal cats also had a repeat day.  They passed the time taking it easy, coming to the alert only when a beat-up old yellow-orange tomact passed through the yard and sprayed the fence.

The humans passed the day doing routine things such as finishing the work.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and when all activity and all change in the universe finally ceases, how will we tell the past from the future?

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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