Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

With the outdoor heat still on and the indoor cool air still off, things were rather stifling here at Fractal Central on Thursday.  We worked around the problem by limiting the time we ran the computers to periods of 30 minutes.  In the fractal department, I grabbed the first image I came up with, added a dash of color, and declared it FOTD for July 09.

The image is a close-up of a curious little minibrot with its main stem cut off.  Very little of the usual symmetry is in evidence around the minibrot, though traces are clearly visible. The fiery effect was created intentionally in an effort to make something of nothing..

The generating expression mixes Z^2.5 with 1/2 part of Z^5 and adds straight C.  The parent fractal resembles nothing as much as a flying wing.  Today's scene is located on the southern shore line of the 'East Valley' of the parent.

Of course, I could give the image no rating.  The name "Oddball Minibrot" fairly describes the scene.  The calculation time of 1-3/4 minutes will pass in a flash.

Total heat prevailed here at Fractal Central on Thursday, with the outside temperature at 104F 40C and the air conditioning still down inside.  The fractal cats spent the day in the breeze stirred up by two emergency fans we picked up at the dollar store.  If the fractal computer keeps working, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until them, take care, and why is the fourth dimension so hard to visualize?

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


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