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 Ok, I started a new thread, I wasn't sure I should do so.
But I was following a tutorial of "Fiery Fire" and found what I
reckon might be an interesting feature of the negative scale
abox, using the _rot(x,y,z) added formula, and I found this
site:
  Thank you to everyone involved with this site.
 I discovered an interesting location on the "negative Abox"
following a tutorial from someone I think is called "Fiery Fire"
in which he describes using negative values for the scale
parameter in the amazing box, but then goes on to add the
_rotate function added to "open up" the surfaces on the
AmazBox, and then shows some regions that look like what
I guess are kind of 3D Apollonian regions.
 I folowed it as far as I could, then went in a different
direction and found this:

 Mandelbulb3Dv18{
b.....S....O/...g2...2....kujG61Fo3..vBv8eU/JFzjT.R4qrSmwzfDOy2uHwwzzyiwSXjyCzzj
................................VPPPPPPPD/2........Y./..................y.2...wD
...Uz.....UN..../M.0/.....U9/...aC....E3.....EQAwXce98lD/..........m/dkpXm1....U
z.....kD12../..........wz..................................u1....y1...sD...../..
.z1...sDVubr66lM1wX95st/OB0sym0T5sP1L3iD.nrpAJ6QZu1swK3spzlzy6IQLPtZsbjDz.BjV9ad
bv94v2NVV59yyaGCJzZUarjD......2k1.............sD.6....sD..E.0...................
.............oAnAt1...sD....z.rb15.2UCQ.k0uk/.Jc15.wVCQ.E8uk/.nc15......90...k1.
.....AQxcz1.......kz.wzzz1.U..6.P....M2...EB....m....c3....F....6/...I1.....SF52
...U.W1KEyzlciszsU3YzTAe906.oc..zzSi...MarH7iXyD4oa4dabdnz1..........2.28.kFrA0.
.Ub96aAIVz9.1se7Umvxz0........../EU0.wzzz1...........s/...................E.2c..
zzzz.............0...................2./8.kzzzD............8....................
/EU0.wzzz1....................................8cU0.E./2Ezz/cU08../2E.tzDU08c..2E
./IzT/8cU0.E./2EQs5cU08../2E./bTU08c..2E./2ly/8cU0.E./2EMw5cU08../2E.lqTU08c..2E
./2kz/8cU0.E./2E...cU08czz/cU08cyz1cU08cxz3cU08c................................
E....6....E.....2....A....EEh3aSdtqNU6oPs/UQ..........................k/9.......
..........UaNaNaNaNwz0..................kz1.....................................
................................................................................
.....................2.....3....1....wZIjFLMoJ4.................................
4MU/........................../k........E.2........../..........................
................................................................................
................................}

 (probably, boring, but....)
 But later went on to discover this:
Mandelbulb3Dv18{
b.....w....o0...g2...2....k7YYMCutNpzyvafVzKot.E0joiI4qNyzPsdcrWwg5..nfcG1L/nBwj
................................6ugk7IBWp.2........Y./..................y.2...wD
...Uz.....Un/.../M.0/.....Ub/...HA....E3.....UV72kPzEglD/..........m/dkpXm1....U
z.....kD12../..........wz..................................u1....y1...sD...../..
.z1...sD8ct.VkTFaw1CvuXCUnb5z2RuPjZEr.jjJmM67GbVRw9XOBjOt617zUlhLFvOeGljpU9YCLaC
/wvSyF8yTSn2zo18J287jXmD......oMG.............sD.6....sD..E.0...................
.............oAnAt1...sD....z.rb15.2UCQ.k0uk/.Jc15.wVCQ.E8uk/.nc15......d/...k1.
.....AQxcz1.......kz.wzzz1.U..6.P....Q3...EB....a....k1....F....6/...I1.....SF52
...U.qFG9yzb2zzzRYoWzz7lz16.mc..zXCc..k18XGQeGyD4sIRhrVAkz1...........k.8.Ehz94.
.sM93P58iz9.MmnWK2zwz0........../EU0.wzzz1...........s/...................E.2c..
zzzz.............0...................2./8.kzzzD............8....................
/EU0.wzzz1...................................gPQV..4hsW9m1/gR00.ouPnBjY657rR.Mfi
gSgwi.9Va/U4NEV4oCoY1t0.he7UhKqHbu47.Am5YE09NJ2QW.kV7KMW9f4XLF2.ITdjI9.RvqdB.6dG
x7dmwh8IY.kNs75S..EsUa3feeWCNqGQIJ36wk8EwyLsUa3f................................
E....6....E.....2....A....EEh3aSdtqNU6oPs/UQ..........................k/9.......
..................Uwz0..................kz1.....................................
................................................................................
.....................2.....3....1....wZIjFLMoJ4.................................
4MU/........................../k........E.2........../..........................
................................................................................
................................}

 Now, I am sure that there are better renders to be found, and I have
a sneaking suspicion something is just around the corner, but I wanted to
ask if anybody out there who has a faster machine than I do might take a
bit of a flight across this and post the animation
I really would be grateful.

 As I said, these are merely the results of following advice and I don't
claim any satement on such landscapes.

 Hoping to hear from you,
 and as buddha said
Do your best, and be your best
nothing more is asked of you.

michael