Fractal of the Day (FotD) by Jim Muth

FOTD -- May 20, 2009 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Fractals are candy for the eyes, which is what I named today's image. (Of course, fractals can also make a kind of music, though I have yet to hear any fractal 'music' that I would like to listen to a second or third time.)

Today's image is evaporated, which means the bailout radius is so large that no points at all ever escape, a thing that is possible only with fractals created from negative exponents of Z.

But an evaporated image does not necessarily mean a blank screen. When a fractal evaporates, it leaves a ghost behind that can be made manifest with certain active inside fills, such as the 'bof61' fill of today's image.

I rated the image at a 6 -- an adequate rating. The calculation time of 1-3/4 minutes is quite brief, almost as brief as the time required to visit the FOTD web site at:

http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html

and enjoy the completed image posted there.

Wall-to-wall sunshine and a temperature of 73F 23C made Tuesday all that could be asked for here at Fractal Central. The macho fractal cats enjoyed the sun on their shelf in the sunny southwest window. My day was about average. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be the first to solve the ultimate paradox.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
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