Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: 

Today's image is a quick trip to the main spike of a Mandelbrot set corrupted in its depths by Z^(11)+C energies.  The scene is located on the west side of a half morphed minibrot lying just beyond the limit of the main series of Mandelbrot buds.

Due to the unusually large iteration count of the elements, this is a rather difficult area to investigate, which inspired the name "Difficult Territory".

The art rates a 6.  Such images are easily found in the classic M-set, and only the coloring raises today's image a little above average.  The math fully rates its lowly 4.

The image takes 3-1/2 minutes to calculate.  The individual viewer must decide if such an average image is worth the time.  Those who decide the image is not worth the effort may view it sooner on the web sites.  But how will they know if it is worth the effort unless they have already seen it.

Bright cloudless weather prevailed here at Fractal Central today.  But with 7.5 inches 19cm of snow on the ground and a temperature that began at +3F -16C and rose to a high of only 14F -10C, along with a biting north wind, it was hardly a day to be out enjoying the sunshine.  The fractal cats felt the chill early and avoided the draftiest windows.  One fractal human (me) spent an hour clearing the sidewalk, while the other human (FL) supplied the hot coffee.

The next FOTD will be posted before long.  Until whenever, take care, and be fortunate.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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frm:FinDivBrot-2   { ; Jim Muth
z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2),
esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1):
z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c
|z| < esc }

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