Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The asteroid impact FOTD image of October 6 went off with a bang, and yesterday's textured image raised more questions than it answered, so why not return to the scene for a third time today?

Today's image shows a curious little minibrot on the broken stem extending up and to the right from the minibrot in the Asteroid image of October 6.  Like most all minibrots of such low order, today's minibrot is far from symmetrical.  It has most of its interest on its right side, where a strange twisting and broken filament shoots out and ultimately terminates.

I named the image "Asteroid Submidget" because that's what it is.  I rated it at a 6 because I have seen far better.

The calculation time of just under 10 minutes is too slow for an image that rates a mere 6.

Much improved weather arrived at Fractal Central on Thursday.  When the sun appeared by 9am, the fractal cats perked up.  When the temperature reached 70F 21C, they leaped to their window shelf and checked for unwanted cats, then began chasing each other up and down the hallway.  One of them overturned a lamp, but no one saw it happen and both appeared innocent, so the guilty cat will remain forever a mystery.

My day was slightly busy, while FL kept equally busy in her garden.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and is there a difference between being real and being really real?

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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