Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image is named "HyperSplendor Brot", an exaggeration if ever there was one.  I found it in the HyperMandelbrot set, though I suspect that the same scene exists unchanged in the standard M-set.  If it does, this same minibrot would be impossible to track down however.

If the image is simply another everyday Mandelbrot-set scene, it rates a 6; but if it is a scene unique to the HyperMandelbrot set, then it rates a 7.  Since I have no idea whether it's unique or not, I compromised by rating the image at a 6.5.

I spent a little extra time on the coloring, but not enough to add to the worth.

The calculation time of 2-3/4 minutes is very near FOTD average.

Summer returned with a vengeance here at Fractal Central on Friday, as the temperature reached 93F 34C and the typical midsummer haze filled the air.  Early in the afternoon the fractal cats took to the cool tile of the kitchen floor and moved only to avoid the moving afternoon sun, which strikes the floor quite strongly at this time of year.

My day was average, with no pseudo-philosophical discussions with FL.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours, or maybe more like 36 hours if an unexpected expedition comes up on Saturday.  Until whenever, take care, and if you want the right answers, be sure to ask the right questions.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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HyperSplendor_Brot { ; time=0:02:46.15-SF5 on P4-2000
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  formulaname=HyperMandelbrot2 passes=1
  center-mag=-1.4177901352209/-0.000304212661/4e+008\
  /1/-10/0 params=0/0/0/0/0/0/0.0001/0.0001 float=y
  maxiter=3200 inside=0 logmap=418 periodicity=0
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frm:HyperMandelbrot2 {; periodicity must be turned off
a=(p1),b=(p2):
q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel,
b=(p3+2)*a*b+p4,
a=q,
|a|+|b| <= 100 }

END PARAMETER FILE=========================================