Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Do not be alarmed when you run today’s parameter file and the screen stays blank for a couple minutes.  Due to the passes=t and the lack of detail at the edge of the frame, the image is a slow one to get started, but things pick up once the calculation reaches the actual central crescent.

Today’s FOTD is an image of the entire Mandelbrot set.  Well, the entire set is in there somewhere, but it has been so distorted by the ‘invert’ feature of Fractint that it has been reduced to a horse shoe crescent.

The center of the scene lies somewhere in the Seahorse Valley area of the large minibrot on the main stem of the M-set, though one would never guess it from what appears on the screen.

The name “Where in the World” refers to the difficulty of determining exactly where in the M-set today’s scene is located.

Since I believe this is the first time I have used Fractint’s ‘invert’ feature in an FOTD, I have almost no idea of what is possible with this option, so I could give today’s image no rating.

The rather slow calculation time of 11 minutes is mostly due to the very large maxiter of 2,500,000.  This slowness may be avoided however by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at:

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

The old original FOTD web site may be accessed at:

      http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/

Wednesday began with slushy snow here at Fractal Central.  By midday the snow changed to rain, which made the slush even slushier.  To end the day with a grand finale, a thunder-shower passed over at 6pm.  The temperature held steady around 34F +1C most of the day.  The fractal cats took a few glances at the unpleasant outside conditions, but spent most of the time close to the heat.

In the human department, our day was busy, yet under control.  I’ll try to post the next FOTD in 48 hours, but since the future is unpredictable, there are no promises.  Until whenever, take care, and take a moment to wonder why there is a vast universe instead of simply nothing.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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