Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's image shows that heptic minibrots need not always be the dull high-order things one would presume.  The parent fractal is an oversized Mandelbrot set that has been corrupted not very far from its surface with order-7 energies.

The scene is in the East Valley area of the parent's large main-stem minibrot, which is already well on the way to becoming an order-7 minibrot.  This minibrot's East Valley has already vanished and been replaced by burgeoning order-7 lobes, which are surrounded by loosely connected spirals.  These spirals still abound in today's image, which lies rather deep in one of the larger spirals.

The rating of an 8 is my estimate of the image's worth.  The minibrot really is quite unusual.  Foe comparison, try to find as interesting an order-7 minibrot in the straight Z^(7)+C Mandeloid.

The name "Forever Seven" indicates that from the magnitude of today's image all the way to infinity the order-7 minibrots will prevail.

We had a preview of spring here at Fractal Central today when the temperature reached 55F 13C and the sky was horizon-to-horizon blue.  The fractal cat stretched to his fullest cat length in the warm sun and was as happy as a cat could be.  The humans were a satisfied neutral, which is the usual condition of earth-bound humans.

The next FOTD will be posted in about one day.  Until then, take care, and how did we ever get into a situation where we must have ever-higher technology if we hope to survive?  Can no one see that it's a dead end?

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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