Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image rates an 8, with a full point of the rating being earned by the turquoise and peach coloring scheme, which is one of my favorites.  The actual parent fractal was created by combining 5 negative parts of Z^(-1.05) with 0.75 negative parts of Z^(-7.5) then adding (1/C) on each iteration.

This parent is an immense thing that requires several outzooms before all of it fits onto the screen.  It consists of a sprawling mixture of roughly circular bays and less-circular open areas that converge on individual points.  Today's image is located near one of these points of convergence.

The tiny object at the center of the image is a minibrot, though due to the many holes that it is surrounded by, its nature is almost beyond recognition.

The name "Chaotic Delight" might be given to almost any fractal.  Why I gave it to today's image in particular will remain forever a mystery.

The calculation time of 2-1/4 minutes will pass in a flash, and when the image flashes onto the screen, those who have calculated it will see that the brief time spent was a bargain.

Clouds obscured the sun here at Fractal Central today, while the temperature of 50F 10C and raw wind kept it feeling just chilly enough for a topcoat.  The constant threat of rain produced only a few light sprinkles.  The fractal cats, who always wear their topcoats, had no complaints about the temperature, though they would have preferred some sunlight.

I spent the day doing routine things, which make no story worth writing about.  FL remarked that we actually sold four books last month.  Maybe I'll write a book about fractals, science and philosophy, and actually sell a few.  But until fame is achieved, I'll continue searching for fractals.  Fractals are as oxymoronic as holes.  The more stuff that is taken from a hole, the larger the hole becomes; the more fractals we find, the more fractals there are to be found.  And the next fractal will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and with so many cameras around, why has no one yet taken a convincing photograph of an alien space craft?  (Could it be that they are not here?)

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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