F.O.T.N. (Fractal of the Night) 24 Jan 1998 (Fractoball)
From his hospital bed, Dr. J awoke to the sounds of the FractoVision blaring
the sounds of pre-game partying. He had a vague recollection of the
awful crash that landed him here. What a
shame he would not be able to attend the big game. Even worse, upon inquiry
he was informed his Car-dioid was a total wreck, burned to the ground. Alas,
his $4500 ticket was nowhere to be found.
It was not all bad news for Dr. J tonight. There by his bedside was
a pair of those red, green and blue 4D glasses he wanted, supplied by the
RGB Cross organization for viewing tomorrow's FractoBall game on the 3D
FractoVision. How nice of them to think of the less fortunate, he mused.
He reached for them, ouch, a painful stretch. Ah, they fit just fine. And
there, on the 3DFV, was the official game FractoBall.
Figure 1. The Official Fractoball
Tomorrow's image will, I hope, be a view of the FractoBowl. If Dr. J can
sneak an image snipped out from his 3D FractoVision....
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 magazine pusher.
Here are the Fractint parameter files.
Enjoy
Fractal_Ball3 { ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998
; generalization of formula by Michael G. Wareman
; p1 is focus of Julia set
reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=fgz.frm formulaname=fgz-julia
passes=1 center-mag=0/0/0.4/1/90
params=0.3/0.4/0/-0.5/-0.181/0.727 float=y maxiter=2560 inside=bof60
outside=250
colors=UA0<8>kS0mU0mU0<37>wUAwUAvUA<197>333EK5222<3>000
savename=FracBal3
}
frm:FGZ-Julia { ; (c) Jay Hill, 1998
; generalization of formula by Michael G. Wareman
; p3 is focus of Julia set
z=pixel, c=p3:
z1=z*z + c;
z = p1*z1*z1/(z1 + p2) + c;
|z| <= 64
}
