Mandelbrot Set: Region #22

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Mandelbrot set: Region #22

(still more branches)

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In the previous page (Region #21), I made the point that tree-like structures projecting from small "blobs" around the Mandelbrot set can have different numbers of branches. The example given there had seven such main branches.

Just to emphasize the point, here's one with 18 branches! The general rule is that the smaller the "blob", the more branches there are on trees and similar structures projecting from it.

(By the way: the small fleck of pale colour near the top of the right-hand side of the picture is part of the aura of the next major structure to the "east".)

You can download and save a copy of the BASIC source-code for the 640 x 480 version by right-clicking here.

You can see the relevant area in the M-set indicated by a very small white rectangle in the following picture:

(Note that this is quite close to Region #21 - in fact, it's just a very short distance in an approximately south-easterly direction from that region.)

In keeping with my usual pattern established throughout these pages, I then adjusted the program to achieve a more even distribution of the colours in the aura. However, I didn't make any adjustments to the values which determine the white buffer zone or the ribbons:

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You can download and save a copy of the BASIC source-code for the 640 x 480 version by right-clicking here.

To my mind, this looks like the sort of aquatic creature you might find on a reef.

I then used Neopaint to make some colour changes. As in Region #21, I changed all 14 colours which can be changed in an attempt to make it look more like an actual tree. The effect I've achieved now looks to me like an impressionistic picture of a green tree, covered in a shroud of small white flowers, against a backdrop of dark sky with reddish bands - a twilight scene, perhaps...?

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