F.O.T.N. (Fractal of the Night) 23 Jan 1998 (Fractocrash)

Dr. J has been having a lot of trouble finding his way around in fractal land lately. When visiting Julia setlands he invariably got lost without his trusty Mandel-Map. He was thinking about last night's run-in with Manta, a direct result of loading incorrect maps and other navigational aids into his Fractomap(tm). No doubt the real problem is that he lives in a flat-land slice through a four or more dimensional universe.

When Dr. J found out that red, green and blue 4D glasses are now available for 3D Fractoscope viewing, he lost no time racing out in his Car-dioid Fractomobile so he could be the first on his filament to get one. Unfortunately, (oh - not again) he was in such a big hurry that he did not look in all dimensions (left, right, up, down, fore, aft, in, out, ... whatever...) before heading out. The 2D result is seen in tonight's picture of Dr. J's wreck, an official Fractocop photo. He collided with a Fractocircle-bike going at full speed.

Did the other fractobiker survive? Will Dr. J be charged with fractalcide? Will he ever get his 4D glasses? Look tomorrow night for another adventure with Dr. J.

Figure 1. Fractocrash

You can get your 3D glasses, two sets, along with 27 striking astronomical images in the March 1998 issue of Astronomy magazine. So aim your Car-dioid toward your nearest zine pusher.

Here are the Fractint parameter files.

Enjoy

Fractocrash { ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998 ; fiery crushing mash up of ; blue car-dioid with blue circle-bike reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=fgz.frm formulaname=fgz-mand center-mag=-6.66134e-015/0.37635/0.6300403 params=0/0.5/0/-0.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=25600 inside=bof61 colors=AKr<2>8FdmAKc8G000<7>11111100\ 0<2>000<11>zA0<15>zzA<28>sP2rN1rM1qK\ 0qL0<13>yk0zm0zm0<29>zy0zz0zy0<29>zM\ 0zK0zL0<27>xs0xt0xu0ww0ww0vv0<58>110\ 000000000 savename=CRASH2C1 }

frm:FGZ-Mand { ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998 ; p1 is parameter ; p2 is parameter c=pixel, z=sqrt(-c): z1=z*z + c; z = p1*z1*z1/(z1 + p2) + c; |z| <= 16 }