Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I'm back . . . on schedule of course, and all is well.  The great and not so great fractals keep coming.  In fact I can't shut them off.

Today's image was created by taking just plain Z and mixing in the tiniest bit of Z^(-99) before adding C.  The parent fractal resembles a bulls-eye ready to be eclipsed by a flat disk.  The actual fractal image for today is located near the center of the bulls-eye, and near the eclipsing disk.

As has so often been the case recently, I gave the image neither name nor rating.  These are subjective things, and I gave them too little effort to assign meaningful names or numbers to them. But the render time is quite objective.  It is a bit over 17 minutes on my worn out old machine, which BTW might soon be put out to pasture and replaced by a faster unit.

The calculation time of seventeen minutes is more than 1/3,000,000 of a person's entire lifetime.

from where it may quickly be downloaded, thereby saving and perhaps lengthening the lives of fractal fans everywhere.

The coldest weather of the season moved into Fractal Central over the weekend, keeping the fractal cats well confined.  The Sunday temperature of +8F -12C was far too chilly for delicate cats, and even for most hardy people.  The not-so-dynamic duo spent most of their time watching the birds huddled around the chimney pot of the house next door, trying to steal a bit of heat.  With so much work to be done, I had no trouble keeping busy.  The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours -- unless something unexpected arises, that is.  Until then, take care, and things will be better, but no one knows when.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com


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