Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Do not miss today's image.  That rating of a 9 is no mistake.  At least in my opinion, the image is one of the all-time best.  The iterated formula takes Z^(1.5), combines it with a bit of Z^3, then adds C.  The resulting parent fractal consists of two widely separated Mandelbrot sets connected by an open highway.  Today's image is located on the eastern shoulder of the highway, very near the X-axis.

I named the image "Aqualung" when I had a vague impression of an undersea scene.  The render time of 3-1/4 minutes will try no one's patience, though it may try the ability of some S.O.T.A. machines that do not do DOS.

Cloudy skies, unusually cold temperatures and a few flakes of snow kept the fractal cats safely inside all day Tuesday here at Fractal Central.  The evening tuna was welcome indeed.

My day was exceptionally busy.  Today will likely be the same.  Hopefully, it will not be busy enough to keep the next FOTD from appearing on schedule right here in 24 hours.  Until next time, take care, and teleport with care.

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


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Aqualung           { ; time=0:03:15.15--SF5 on a P200
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
  center-mag=+0.25918026439188250/-0.024608357569720\
  99/11131.99/1/-147.5/2.20972601328028873e-010
  params=1/1.5/0.135/3/0/0 float=y maxiter=500
  inside=0 logmap=55 symmetry=none periodicity=10
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  zNNzQOzTQzWRzZRz_NzWKzRHzNFzJBzF8zB6z74z40z00z00z0\
  0z00z00z00z10z40z70zB0zD1zH1zL2zO4zT5zX5z_BzLHzANz\
  0Oz0Qz1Qz1Rz2Tz2Tz4Uz5Wz5Wz6Xz6Zz8ZzF_zLazTaz_bzgb\
  zodzxezzgzzizzizzdzz_zzWzzTzzOzzKzzHzzDzzAzz6zz4zz\
  0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0z\
  z0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz }

frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l }

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