Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image immediately impressed me as a view of a nuclear explosion seen from a distance of a couple miles.  Since a nuclear war is the most likely way the world might end, I promptly named the image "Armageddon Aspect".

The image is a view of the north edge of the infinitely-divided main spike of the Z^(2.000001)+C Mandeloid as it appears in the East Valley area of a minibrot located around -1.86 on the spike.  Some curiously corrupt minibrots lie at the heart of the nuclear explosion.  I may check one of these for the next FOTD.

Armageddon is the name given to the supposedly soon-to-come ultimate battle between the forces of good, led by God, and the forces of evil, led by the evil one himself.  We are assured the forces of good will triumph, but the battle will leave the planet in ruins and the survivors wishing they had believed some of that stuff the fundamentalists tried to tell them.  (The full details are in the last book of the bible, but you'll need a program and score card to find your way through the symbolism.)

How could I rate an image that pictures the end of the world?  I could not.  So I gave it a rating of a question mark, which leaves the rating to be decided by the individual viewer.

The image calculates in a very brief 27 seconds, a much shorter time than it will take the forces of good to defeat the forces of evil in the big battle.

The clouds hung overhead most all day here at Fractal central, while the temperature of 77F 25C kept the fractal cats happy.  The humans kept moderately busy doing commercial stuff and moderately happy pondering the possibility of retirement.  The FOTD is in no danger of being retired however; in fact, the next one will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and be satisfied with the world as it is, with all its problems.  It's not going to change any time soon.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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