Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image lies in the same large bay of the same parent fractal that produced yesterday's image.  But while yesterday's image was located on the northeast shore line of the bay, today's image lies in a blunt hump on the northwest shore line, just below the valley leading to the smaller bay to the north.

I named the image "Bad Boy Got Caught", which has no connection with the appearance of the image but could raise a bit of curiosity as to what kind of image might be given such a name.

The rating of a 7-1/2 is a little above the rating of yesterday's image.  The curvilinear features make the difference.

The calculation time of 7-1/2 minutes is slower than I would prefer.  Here is where the web sites ride to the rescue.

After a chilly start here at Fractal Central, with a frosty temperature of 21F -6C, the day turned quite pleasant, with cloudless skies, light winds, and a high temperature of 39F +4C. The fractal cats, who now have two scratching posts in the sunlight, spent most of the afternoon in the sun.

The humans, FL and I, spent the day taking things easy before the big holiday rush really gets going full steam.  I took a break while I pondered who those alternate versions of myself in the supposed quantum alternate universes might be.  They cannot be me, so they must be either unconscious zombies or other individuals.  Neither option makes sense, but the things modern science tells us have long since stopped making sense.

One thing that does make sense however is the fact that the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and maybe I'm the alternate version.  Maybe the original version of myself exists in some alternate universe.  Or to get totally metaphysical, maybe we are all alternate versions of someone else, and that someone else is what believers call God.  No, that cannot be true.  Belief in God is a superstition!

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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