Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: 

The question might arise as to why I named today's image "Adam and Eve".  The answer is simple.  While searching for a name, I noticed four 'fig leaves' in the corners of the image -- one leaf for Adam and three for Eve.  (Don't ask for details.)  The name then came automatically.

The generating formula is the same one that I have used for the past week or so, which mixes various portions of Z, Z^3, 1/Z and Z^2.  Today's parent Mandeloid is the one that results when Z is initialized to the critical point at 0.098...  This parent resembles two partially critical M-sets sitting butt to butt with a very prominent valley separating the two main bays.  Today's scene lies on the eastern edge of the northern branch of this valley.  The western edge, which I will check in tomorrow's FOTD, holds entirely different sub-features.

The artistic worth of 8 is mostly due to the coloring.  Rendering the scene with the inside set to 'fmod' produced the smoothly curved elements that have been colored.  The math value of 5 indicates that the math trick has lost all impact.  This rating will remain until we move on to a new julibrot.

The image calculates in 1-1/2 minutes on most all modern machines, but calculation is still a bit of a chore.

Today began cloudy here at Fractal Central.  Rain arrived in a sudden heavy squall just before noon with a 40mph 60kph wind, and continued lighter into the afternoon.  The temperature fell from 75F 24C late in the morning to 59F 15C at post time, and it is still dropping.  The fractal cat slept through most of the heavy rain, but became active when a flap arose among the local pigeons.  We humans made it through the day without incident, as we have done on countless previous days.

The next FOTD will be created and posted within a reasonable time.  Until reason prevails, take care, and some big questions have no simple answers.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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