Explosion

[Pauldelbrot]

This image was composed very similarly to Fibonacci Fields. The value of c is different, and different coloring has been applied: Mandelbrot points are black, divergent points are purple, and parameters for which the chosen critical point converges to zero are red. The same distance estimator with the same gradient is overlaid in the same manner. There is one fewer layer because the Mandelbrot points were left black. The longer calculation time is probably due to the computer being busier with concurrent tasks during this one's render.

As always unless otherwise noted, 2048x1536 PNG available upon request.

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Detailed stats:
Name: Explosion
Date: January 29, 2009
Fractal: Herman Ring Mandelbrot, c-plane
Location: angle parameter = 0.21803398, centered, moderately wide field.
Depth: Very shallow.
Min Iterations: 1
Max Iterations: 1,000,000
Layers: 3
Anti-aliasing: 3x3, threshold 0.10, depth 1
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Calculation time: 3 hours (2GHz dual-core Athlon XP)