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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: A visionary is one who concerns himself with imaginary things; imaginary things exist only as images in the mind, and are therefore not real. A fractal visionary is one who concerns himself with fractals. Since fractals are imaginary things, they are not real. Only the seriously disturbed confuse imaginary things with real things, therefore one who concerns himself with fractals is out of touch with reality, and in need of help. But it sure is a lot of fun living in a world where the unreal can become real at the touch of a computer button. There must be different kinds of reality surrounding us. Now as for Santa Claus . . . Today's fractal might or might not be real, but regardless, it rates an honorable 7. It is a scene near the same minibrot that held yesterday's image. But today, instead of checking the minibrot's Seahorse Valley, we check its East Valley. What we find there is a typical East Valley scene filled with Seahorse Valley elements. I'm sorry pachyderm fans, but I could find no obvious elephants in the image. I guess they all sank in the seahorse water. For this reason I named the image "Watered Elephants". Being in the same area of the M-set as yesterday's image, today's image is nearly as fast. But why bother with the calculation speed? It's just as simple and nearly as fast to view the finished image on the FOTD web site at: Lots of sun but frigid temperatures around 19F -7C prevailed here at Fractal Central on Thursday. The fractal cats hugged the heat most of the day, while I waited for the first work of the new year to come in. The next FOTD will appear seemingly from nowhere in 24 hours, and return to nothingness as soon as the computer is shut off. Until then, take care, and are fractals animal, vegetable, or mineral? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com |
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