Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image is finally one worth a rating of a 7, the level at which I consider a day's effort a success.  The image is a scene in the Seahorse Valley area of a hypercomplex Julia set.

Until now I have put very little, in fact, almost no effort into the type=hypercomplexj fractals.  Perhaps I have been put off by the eight dimensions involved, but as today's image shows, with a bit of extra effort in the coloring, the hypercomplex stuff can be quite interesting.

I named the image "Golden Epiphany".  In the religious calendar, today is the day celebrating the arrival of the wise men from the east -- astrologers who brought their gifts to the baby in Bethlehem, recognizing him as a world savior.  There is also a good bit of gold in the image, fully justifying the name.

Thanks to expert programming and a 2000mhz machine, the image is a very fast one, finishing in a mere 35 seconds.  The most convenient way to view the image is on the currently active FOTD web site at:

http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html

the original FOTD web site, not up to date, may be found at:

http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/

The typical mix of sun and clouds prevailed here at Fractal Central on Wednesday, with a typical temperature of 34F +1C.  The fractal cats would have preferred more sun, but satisfied themselves with what sun they could find.

My day was near normal.  The standard work was out of the way by early afternoon and nothing unexpected arrived.  This left the time to dredge up today's image.  During the midday break, the topic of my own FOTD web site came up.  FL wondered whether she might add some positive philosophy to the daily FOTD discussions to balance what she considers the negative stuff I write. The web site will probably be up and running in a couple weeks, so I told her to go ahead and write whatever she wishes.

The next FOTD will be posted in near 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and what could be more negative than an eternally conscious brain in the middle of an otherwise empty infinite space?  (If it were me, I would wait for a supercomputer pre-loaded with version 2,000,000 of Super-Fractint to pop out of the vacuum beside me.)

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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