Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image is an unfamiliar slice of the Julibrot, which I have named "Stone Arch Bridge".  While searching for a name, I noticed the row of arches across the bottom of the image, and was reminded of the railroad bridge across the Susquehanna River at Marysville, which is just north of Harrisburg.

The slice is centered at the western limit of the ever-smaller string of buds lined up out the negative X-axis of the Mandelbrot set.  The orientation is at an angle rotated 31 degrees from the Parabolic toward the Oblate, though mostly Parabolic elements predominate.

The rating of a 6 means I am only mildly impressed by the image, though, because of the spectacular coloring, I do consider it worth nominal FOTD status.

The very brief calculation time of 8 seconds assures that very little effort will have been wasted if the resulting image lays an egg.

To avoid the possibility of ending up with an omelet, I suggest checking to see if the image is posted on the FOTD web site at:

       http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/

After a heavy overnight thunder-storm, Wednesday dawned cloudy and blustery here at Fractal Central.  The conditions continued most all day, with the clouds breaking only long enough to give a glimpse of the setting sun.  The winds made the temperature of 52F 11C seem surprisingly chilly.  The fractal cats made the most of things, checking every so often to be sure no unwanted cats were prowling nearby.

My day was slow enough to enjoy, but not so slow as to cause concern.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and be ever so cautious when the aliens from Sirius C are snooping about.  They're as sneaky as a cat.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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