Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The name of today's FOTD, "Skeletal Remains", gives the impression of something macabre.  But do not be deceived.  Today's image pictures nothing offensive.  It simply shows a minibrot in the parent fractal that is produced when Z^3 is subtracted from Z^2 and straight C is added.

I'll not try to describe this parent, since it is easy enough to reproduce.  I'll simply report that today's scene is located in a spurious valley on the west side of the westernmost and least critical looking of the parent's two main bays.

Most of the terraced effect was created by rendering the scene with the outside parts set to 'tdis'.

The rating of a 7 is right on FOTD average.  I would actually prefer that every image be above average, but unlike Lake Wobegon, where every child can be above average, the better the fractals become, the higher the average grows.

The image is a rather slow one.  Expect around an eight minute delay between striking the <enter> key and seeing the finished image on the screen.

Lots of sun, high humidity and a temperature of 91F 33C made most of today quite sultry here at Fractal Central.  But at 4pm a thunder shower moved in, which dropped the temperature to a much more pleasant 70F 21C.  The fractal cats stretched out while it was hot and braved the relatively mild thunder when it cooled down.

The humans had an uneventful day.  This lack of events is growing boring.  If we don't get a little more action in the human world, I'll have to invent some.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and where is all that change we can believe in?  I guess somebody spent it.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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