Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: 

Today's image shows the mysterious rectangle in the Julia sets corresponding to the fractured Seahorse Valley of the Z^(2.003)+C Mandelbrot set.  To add excitement to the scene, I have offset the slice ever so slightly in the imag(c) direction. This slight aberration fills the rectangle with debris, breaks up the surrounding features and also rotates the rectangle a few degrees.

Since no one will be around to check ratings after the world ends next Friday, I gave the image no rating.  The name "Nine to Doomsday" needs no explanation.  The big day is but nine days off.  The image calculation time of 1-2/3 minutes is blessedly fast.  After all, with the remaining time so limited, we don't want to waste a single second.

Lots of sun and a temperature of 41F +5C made today a typical average December day here at Fractal Central.  Both the cats and humans did average things, mostly preparing for the holidays.  We all want to be ready if doomsday fails to arrive as foretold.

If the end does not arrive early, the next FOTD will be posted in a reasonable amount of time.  Until then, take care, and no one will be more surprised than me if the world really does end in nine days.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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frm:SliceJulibrot4   {; draws all slices of Julibrot
  pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix),
  a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556),
  b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556),
  g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556),
  d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556),
  ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g),
  sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d),
  p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd),
  q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd),
  r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9
  c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4:
  z=z^(real(p5))+c
  |z|< esc }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================