Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's scene in Seahorse Valley actually has a seahorse in it.   The little sea creature lies near the right edge of the frame, with its tail merging with an elephant's trunk.   I have no idea what a ponderous elephant is doing in a valley reserved for seahorses (and pipefish) but I only report what I see.   There the elephant is, and I must show it.

The scene lies in the Oblate direction at c=(-0.78), just to the west of the center of Seahorse Valley.   The vertical direction has been stretched to about 3 times its normal height to make the seahorse recognizable.   A nominal amount of skewing was needed to straighten things out.

The rating of 7.5 rewards myself for a modicum of color work.   The calculation time of under 11 minutes borders on slowness, but the calculation may be eliminated entirely by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at:
The weather on Monday here at Fractal Central 60 miles north of Harrisburg was surely the reference standard to which all future claims of perfect weather must be compared.   Start with a high temperature of 77F 25C, the middle of the human comfort range, continue with a humidity of 50 percent, again in the middle of the comfort range, go on with kodachrome (now digitally intensified) blue skies and puffy cumulus clouds so clear and sharp it seemed you could reach out and touch them.   Mix in a refreshing north breeze and just the right amount of ground moisture to let crops and gardens grow their best.   Too bad it was just a bit too cool for a comfortable dip in the pool.   The fractal cats slept through it all.

My day was average.   The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours.   In it I will take a one-day break from the Seahorse Valley theme to demonstrate an incremental venture from our normal space into the fourth dimension.   Until then, take care as always, and when the weather is perfect, don't cheer up.   Remember that it can only get worse.


Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com

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