Whirlpools V

[Pauldelbrot]

A Matchmaker II Julia set like gems in space. (Perhaps I should have called it Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?)

The "diamonds" are the basin of one attractor; the parameter point is in a minibrot cardioid for one critical point and in a larger bud for the other.

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Detailed statistics:

Name: Whirlpools V
Date: May 06, 2009
Fractal: Matchmaker II Julia set
Location: a = -0.4266037952 + 0.2947081588i; b = -0.031818 + 1.019176i.
Depth: Very Shallow
Min Iterations: 53
Max Iterations: 677
Layers: 2
Anti-aliasing: 3x3, threshold 0.0, depth 2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Calculation time: 1 hour (2.5GHz dual-core E5200)