Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

With today's moderately deep image (thus the name) we finally escape the string of 7-rated images that were merely average.  We check the fractal 'star' of a period-5 sub-bud on the northwest shore line of the largest bud of the largest minibrot on the main spike of the Mandelbrot set.

The 10^(15) magnitude of the image is just beyond the limit of conventional math, yet the image requires over 65 minutes to calculate.  I have calculated images in the 10^(75) range that finish in 1/4 the time of today's image.

Most of the impact of the image is due to the coloring, and most of the coloring is due to the Fractint program, not the fastest but arguably still the best.  I did tweak a few registers however, so I have the right to claim a little credit.

The way to view the image is either to visit the official FOTD web site or to run the included parameter file.

Partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 75F 24C made the day worth getting up for here at Fractal Central.  A torrential thunder-storm that brought flash flooding in the afternoon added to the interest.  The fractal sump pump once again did its job, keeping the basement water to a wet spot.  The fractal cats made it through the day with no problems; the humans had the usual human stuff to do.

The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and physicists tell us there is an electromagnetic field, a gravitational field, a weak field, a strong field, probably a Higgs field, plus various other fields, but why have they not mentioned a consciousness field?  The neurons of the brain might be the particle aspect.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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