Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today’s blast from the past is a fractalized imaginary scene on Europa, the ice-covered moon of Jupiter.  It first appeared in June of 1997.  It appears again today in an updated version, which will likely be worked on a bit more before making it to the new FOTD web site.

The name “Europa” says it all.  Since the image is a repeat, I could give it no rating, though if I had rated it, a rating of 9 would have been justified.  The effect of a distant sun reflecting off a surface of rough ice is remarkably convincing, though I doubt that the wispy clouds could exist in such a scene, since Europa has no atmosphere.

The formula is a test that I discarded long ago, but it had a few good images in it, so here it is in all its unglory.

The image may be seen by running the included parameter file or by visiting the current FOTD web site at:

http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html

BTW, plans are to have the first page of my FOTD web site up and hopefully running sometime this week.  We’ll see how it goes.  Stay tuned for imminent excitement.

Saturday brought lots of clouds to Fractal Central, but it also brought a temperature of 59F 15C, which kept the fractal cats satisfied.  The rest of the day went along routinely.  Sunday brought a chilly rain, with a steadily dropping temperature.  The next FOYD will be posted in a few days.  Until whenever, take care, and balance that budgie.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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  /8.246947e+010/-5.121e-005/359.999056918636597/\
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frm:Man-YZ-XZ {; Jim Muth, Thanks to Benno
; p2 = 0 = Julibrot YZ plane
; p2 = 1 = Julibrot XZ plane
; p2 = >0 <1 = Oblique planes
z=real(pixel)+flip(real(p1)),
c=imag(pixel)+flip(imag(p1)),
a=p2, b=flip(cos(asin(p2))):
z=sqr(z)+((a+b)*c),
|z| <= 25 }

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