Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's scene lies in the southern branch of the distorted Seahorse Valley of the amorphous parent that results when the expression Z^(1.57)+C is iterated 1.57 levels up the complex logarithmic hyperspiral.  This parent somewhat resembles a squashed bug.  I chose 1.57 because this is close to half the value of PI, and with the BranchCutGenHJ2 formula the branch cut hyperfractals are in a cycle of 2*PI.

The image was calculated with a maxiter of over one-million.  This slows the calculation process notably, but is necessary to fully resolve the prominent minibrot, whose bright upper edge inspired the name "The Bright Side".  This brilliant upper edge contains elements of extremely high iteration count, which makes the ridiculous maxiter necessary.

The art has nothing special to offer, so it rates a mere 6.  The math rates an 8, mostly because of the ultra-high iteration stuff on the northern edge of the main bay of the central minibrot.

With a maxiter of 1,250,000, the image is slow, taking over 9 minutes to finish on a high speed SOTA machine, that is if one can be found that does not get constipated when it hears the word DOS and then needs an add-on program to get it moving.  Luckily, the FOTD web sites are online to avoid the whole messy problem.

Today brought a late taste of summer to Fractal Central, with partly cloudy skies, a gentle south wind and temperature of 82F 28C.  The fractal cats were so eager to get outside that the humans discussed screening in the back porch to give them a safe outdoor catarium to enjoy.

The next FOTD will be posted in the proper time, which of late has been every two or three days.  Maybe I should think of another name for the FOTD, since it no longer reliably appears every day.  Until whenever, take care, and when things go wrong, look for a bright side and then expect to pay a small fortune to a psychotherapist.

Jim (Captain Negative) Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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frm:BranchCutGenHJ2     { ; Jim Muth, thanks to Hal Lane
Z=C=Pixel:
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