April 10, 2012: Ring of Attraction | April 9 | April 12 | 2011 | FOTD Home |
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
The
parent fractal
of today's image is an oversized Mandelbrot set infected in its depths
with the quintic virus. The image is located in left-over
debris
lying inside a half-morphed minibrot on the negative X-axis of the
parent M-set, just beyond the endless series of ever-smaller sub-buds.
The rating of a 7.5 indicates indecision on my part. Some
features deserve a 7; others, an 8. So I compromised and gave
the
entire image a rating of an acceptable 7-1/2.
The name "Ring of Attraction" refers to the bluish ring surrounding the
central quintic minibrot. This ring holds yet smaller
minibrots,
though all of them very closely resemble the one in today's image.
The surprisingly fast calculation time of 50 seconds means that
impatience can be no excuse for failing to view the image
Today began sunny. The sunshine was of the self-destruct
variety
however, and by midday the sky had clouded over, with occasional spits
of drizzle. The temperature of 52F 11C made mid-April feel
more
like March, which is fair enough, since most of March felt more like
mid-April. The fractal cats ignored the weather, but did hiss
and
growl at a stray cat they spotted strolling through the yard.
The humans made it through the day with a minimum of distraction, which
is pretty hard to do in a world apparently gone half crazy.
The
next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care,
and
if the world is already half crazy, what we need is someone to finish
the job.
Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net
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