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A Supernova Mandelbrot where the destabilized zero-derived attractor is about to bifurcate, hence the deep spiral intrusions into the frozen-looking "lakes".

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Name: Frost II
Date: February 19, 2009
Fractal: Supernova Mandelbrot set
Location: c-plane; a = 0.614159265, b = 0.014599 - 0.043795i
Depth: Shallow
Min Iterations: 41
Max Iterations: 10,000
Layers: 2
Anti-aliasing: 3x3, threshold 0.1, depth 1
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Calculation time: 6 minutes (2GHz dual-core Athlon XP)