Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I named today's image "Terraces of Fire".  One look at its fiery terraces will give the reason.  The parent fractal is hardly more than a rudimentary blob with a single sizeable bay and the remnants of an East Valley.  Slices of long-gone elephants abound in this valley, with today's scene located not too deep in one of the remaining left-over elephant-trunk spirals.

The terraced effect is a result of rendering the image with the outside set to 'tdis'.  Making terraces is one of the things this option does quite well.  The rating of an 8 is mostly due to this terraced effect, which is really all the image has going for it.

The warm and humid conditions continued here at Fractal Central on Saturday.  The temperature of 88F 31C was made worse by the air that was almost moist enough to swim in.  The fractal cats, who do not swim, kept cool on the kitchen floor.  In my department, all was quiet.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and how many liters of water will a Klein bottle 30cm in diameter hold?

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


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