Octopussy

[Pauldelbrot]

A Supernova Mandelbrot, this time in the b-plane -- the new parameter not found in Antimatter. The view is centered on a period-8 ghost bud.

The "real" buds to top left represent regions where the Antimatter "lakes" appear in the other parameter planes and in the dynamic plane, as multibranched structures, out of foam. Further up and left, out of the frame, is the cardioid, centered on zero, within which the "lakes" are in one piece.

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Detailed statistics:
Name: Octopussy
Date: February 19, 2009
Fractal: Supernova Mandelbrot set
Location: b-plane; a = 0.61803398, c = 3.897997386 + 2.971901854i
Depth: Shallow
Min Iterations: 3
Max Iterations: 1,000,000
Layers: 3
Anti-aliasing: 3x3, threshold 0.1, depth 1
Preparation time: 1 hour
Calculation time: 2 hours 40 minutes (2GHz dual-core Athlon XP)