Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's image is an almost-Julia set of the X-axis at the western extremity of the (-Z)^(1.55)+C Mandeloid.  It's almost a Julia set because it is double-rotated 0.01,0.01 degree from the true Julia orientation.  (To see the true Julia version, change the (p1) and (p2) parameters to 90.)

I might have rated the image a point or so higher if there were not so many similar tree-like images in FOTD history.  As it is, the rating of a solid 7 is perfectly average.  The name "Another of the Trees" indicates my dis-satisfaction with a fractal theme that is becoming hackneyed.

The calculation time of 4 minutes is rather slow, and I'm not sure the image is worth the wait.  This is where the web sites become a blessing in disguise.

Spring was in full bloom here at Fractal Central today as the temperature reached 72F 22C and the sky remained nearly cloudless.  The fractal cat enjoyed his appointed time in the sun on his shelf, though with the sun now at an increasingly high angle it is missing the back edge of the shelf.  The humans passed the day working and sometimes pondering the pathetic state of our 'modern' culture.

The next FOTD will be posted in the proper time.  Until whenever, take care, and what will we do when the internet is turned off by the same dark forces that created it and then were satisfied at how easily we became addicted?

(I'm not serious of course . . . or am I?)

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

AnotherOfTheTrees  { ; time=0:04:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm
  formulaname=SliceJulibrot5 passes=1
  center-mag=0.218919/0/13.36618/0.8579/90/0
  params=89.99/0/89.99/0/-1.1352113/0/0/0/1.55/0
  float=y maxiter=1500 inside=255 periodicity=6
  colors=000ES000a00a00a00_00_00Y00Y00Y00X00X00X00W0\
  0W00W00U00U00S00S00S00Q00Q00Q00O00O00O00M00M00K00K\
  00K00K00I00I00I00G00G00G00E00E00C00C00C00900900900\
  80080080060060030030030000000000000000000000000000\
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000jzw\
  jzwhzufzrezqcxoawn_tlYrjYqhXofWneUjcShaQf_QdYObXM_\
  WKYUIXSGWQGUOEQKCOI9MG8KE6GC3E93C80960830300000000\
  00000000000000000IzzGzzEzzCzz9xz8ux8qu6nq3hl0eh0_c\
  0XY0SW0OQ0IK0EG089033000000000W8fU6eU6cS6cS6aQ3aQ3\
  _O3YO3YM0XM0XK0WK0UK0UI0SI0SG0QG0OE0OE0MC0MC0K90I9\
  0I80G80G80E60C60C309309008006006003003000000000000\
  000000000000000000000000000000000000xS0tO0qM0nK0jI\
  0eG0aE0Y90W80S60M30I00E00900600000000000000tz0rz0q\
  z0qz0oz0oz0nz0nz0lz0lz0jz0jz0hz0hz0fz0fz0ez0ez0cx0\
  aw0au0_u0_t0Yr0Yq0Xq0Xo0Wn0Wl0Ul0Uj0Sh0Sf0Qf0Qe0Oc\
  0Oa0Ma0K_0KY0IX0IW0GW0IOO }

frm:SliceJulibrot5   {; draws all slices of Julibrot
  pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix),
  a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556),
  b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556),
  g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556),
  d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556),
  ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g),
  sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d),
  p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd),
  q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd),
  r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9
  c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4:
  z=(-z)^(real(p5))+c
  |z|< esc }

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