Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

When the going gets tough, the tough get going to the Mandelbrot set for their fractals.  Things were a bit tough here at FC on Wednesday, so I got going to the M-set.

I checked one of the 'perturbed' sets and found a super-spiral at the edge of a small period-26 ghost-bud on the southern shore line of the main bay of the set.  A quick bit of fancy color work produced today's image.

I named the image "Infinite MegaSpiral".  The spiral is a huge one, sure to please every fan of fantastic spirals, and it goes on down to infinity.

The rating of a 6 is held down by the over-familiarity of the Mandelbrot set, though the 'perturbed' sets are less familiar.

The calculation time of 10 seconds is faster than light, which means the calculation will finish a few seconds before it begins.

Heat and humidity made things rather unpleasant for both man and cats here at Fractal Central on Wednesday.  But the weather took a sudden turn for the better at 6pm, when a sharp thunder-shower moved in and dropped the temperature from the high of 93F 34C to a comfortable 75F 24C.  And the 1cm of rain was just what FL's garden needed.  The fractal cats ducked for cover when a sudden crack of thunder from a nearby lightning strike shook the house, but showed their noses as soon as the all-clear was sounded.

My day was busy enough to keep concern away and slow enough to find a quick scene in the workhorse Mandelbrot set.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and be aware that the type=mandel formula of Fractint actually calculates the square root of the complex number that is entered as the parameter.


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


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