Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's image is a scene in Seahorse Valley.  It looks nothing at all like the Seahorse Valley scenes we are so familiar with because it is sliced in an odd direction -- rotated 30 degrees from the Julia toward the Rectangular orientation.

While viewing the image, (and hopefully enjoying it), the viewer might wonder where Seahorse Valley is located in the frame.  Actually, the valley has gone nowhere.  The image is immersed in it.  Everything in the scene is a part of the valley.

The detail in the arch was supplied by the 'tdis' outside coloring option, which colors the points according to how far they travel before finally escaping.

I named the image "Un-natural Arch" because of the prominent arch that fills the frame.  It almost reminds me of a week or so I spent in Saint Louis quite a few years ago.

The rating of an 8 might be a bit excessive.  But then again, what is the penalty for padding a rating.

The calculation time of 4 minutes is slower than ideal, but the web sites are always available to make life more efficient.

The day began with snow here at Fractal Central, but a rising temperature changed to snow to rain before noon.  Occasional rain continued the rest of the day, making a slushy mess of the area.  The fractal cat took one look out the window and decided to settle down by the heat.  The humans had enough inside stuff to finish to keep their minds off the outside weather.

The next FOTD will be posted in the very foreseeable future.  Until whenever, take care, and why do they need exploding fireworks at music concerts?  Does today's music itself lack power, or have audiences become so desensitized that in addition to the amplified sound, they now need a light show to create total sensory overload?

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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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=========================================