The Mandelbrot Set, Sea Horse Valley, and Winfract

Someone asked how I got from the Mandelbrot set to the cover of the book. Using Winfract, one of the nicest programs you can find on the Internet. As the diagrams show, start with the top level then use the zoom box (with the mouse) and zoom in on Sea Horse Valley (Second Picture). Zoom in some more on the curly Sea Horses. Then use the clipboard option to paste into Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, and use the Hues buttons. Note how the Sea Horse turns into spirals. 

Winfract is a fun program you can download from the Internet. (Try Google, it is the Windows version of Fractint, made for the old Dos). Winfract uses a lot of old assembler routines from Windows 95 for speed, but it worked fine on my Windows XP, which doesn't allow that, but it will open a virtual window to run the program. 

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