Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image lies in the East Valley of a minibrot far out on the negative spike of a Mandelbrot set with Z^13 corruption in its depths.  The bailout radius has been intentionally set close to the point where the entire image will be totally cut off.  This adds more detail to the scene.  The image magnitude of almost 10^13 is perilously close to the point of resolution breakdown, though this has little effect on the scene.

The name "Unlucky Thirteen" refers to the Z^13 corruption of the parent fractal.  Actually thirteen is considered unlucky because it was on a Friday the thirteenth that the order went out to destroy the Templars.

The rating of a 7+ indicates my uncertainty as to the true worth of the image.

With its calculation time of only 20 seconds, the image is another fireball.  But setting up and running a parameter file is still a minor chore.  This nuisance may be eliminated by viewing the image on the web sites.

Morning clouds broke by mid-afternoon here at Fractal Central, letting through just enough sun to raise the temperature to a balmy 72F 22C.  The fractal cats would have preferred more sun.

The humans spent the day keeping busy, which took little effort.  A minor political difference at lunch time was settled before it grew.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  At least, it's supposed to be posted then.  Until whenever, take care, and always remember that every argument has two sides.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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frm:FinDivBrot-2   { ; Jim Muth
z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2),
esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1):
z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c
|z| < esc }

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