Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's image shows a quadratic minibrot surrounded by its typical bifurcating pattern of elements.  But wait!  Something is wrong.  The minibrot must be some kind of circus freak.  It bears very little resemblance to a typical quadratic minibrot.

The reason is that it is not a pure quadratic minibrot.  The minibrot has been caught in the process of morphing from a quadratic to an order-11 one.

On its surface, the parent fractal, once you back out far enough to see all of it, is a hugely oversized Mandelbrot set.  But in its depths, it is corrupted by order-eleven energies.  Today's image lies in an elephant trunk on the south shore line of the parent, at a depth where the order-eleven corruption is just beginning to wreak its havoc on the minibrots.

Finding nothing really outstanding in the image, I could rate it no higher than a hum-drum average 7.  The colors are blended smoothly enough, but at least in my opinion, they lack harmony.

The name "Something is Awry" describes the hopelessly corrupted minibrot at the center.  The calculation time of only one minute is quite brief however, and will cause little frustration for those who feel the image has laid an egg.

Heavy clouds prevailed all morning here at Fractal Central, making the ominous media forecast of a super-blizzard seem all the more ominous.  But as of post time, the temperature is a rather balmy 37F +3C and nothing has yet fallen from the clouds.  I'm beginning to suspect another gross exaggeration from the profit-driven weather media.  The fractal cat must agree.  All day, he has been notably unconcerned with the weather.  The humans are mildly concerned, but expect little more weather action than a mildly inconvenient inch or two of slush, if even that.

The next image will be posted in a couple days, but with nothing guaranteed.  Until whenever, take care, and we should be ready to accept the truth even when it proves to be something we do not want.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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