Mandelbrot Set Zoom Animation. 10^194 (2.5E194)

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Uploaded by on Nov 2, 2008

UPDATE:
I have since made a deeper zoom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGaio87u3A

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The final magnification is 2.5x10^194. I believe that this is the deepest zoom animation of the Mandelbrot set produced to date (November 2008).

Each frame was individually rendered at 640x480 resolution and strung together at 30 frames per second. No frame interpolation was used. All images were lovingly rendered by 3 quad core computers running 24/7 for 3 months.

Read more geeky details and download the full-resolution video at http://fractaljourney.blogspot.com

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  • I have watched this so many times and I'm just wondering, what controls how often the cardoid shape presents itself? How did you know to end at this final zoom? Or did you zoom continuously and chose to cut the clip there.

  • @A9SecondSleeper I spent time looking for an interesting final location and then created the animation. The mathematical complexities of the Mandelbrot are enormous, far beyond the self-similarity (recurring patterns such as the cardioid) characteristic!

  • @nosro1 Wow so you first zoomed in to 2.5E194, then panned around until you found your final stop? That sounds slower than mapquest! (or at least pretty hard on your what-must-be-monstrous computer)

  • @A9SecondSleeper Not quite. Starting with no zoom, I zoom manually into interesting areas. After a while, one gets a feel for where to zoom to find interesting patterns. Perhaps 90% of my fishing expeditions results in nothing interesting that I wish to expand into an animation.

  • looks good but would someojne explain in detail what the hell is this?

  • One tiny equation gives rise to this infinite complexity. Check out "Mandelbrot Set" on Wikipedia.

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  • what is mandelbrot??!?!?!?!?

  • Mesmerizing but ultimately frustrating. Every time I try to watch this from beginning to end, I zone out and find myself asleep.

  • Wow! This is the best Mandelbrot animation I've seen. Nicely done.

  • where do i get the program 2 do this i want 2 look free for my self ?

  • Goa would have been more fitting music, I think.

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