Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I might have been a bit liberal when I rated today's image at an 8, but I do rather enjoy the colors, even though they were created more by the Fractint program than the fractal artist.

The image is a scene in the main stem area of a Mandelbrot set caught about 2/3 of the way morphed into an order-9 Mandeloid.

I named the image "Pulverized Petals" because that's what came to mind when I first saw the colors.

Despite the brevity of this discussion, the image is actually a rather pleasing one, and with its calculation time of just over 1 minute, quite a bargain.

Near perfect weather conditions prevailed here at Fractal Central on Sunday, making life pleasant for cat and human alike. The cats spent much of the day sleeping and the rest of the time watching the world pass by, while the humans took it easy in the typical human way.  Otherwise, nothing of note happened.

The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until that glorious moment arrives, take care, and what a freak of nature is we.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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