3D Mandelbulb mountain cross sections

Over 1000 cross sections of a zoomed in section from the 3D Mandelbulb. Observe the absurdly ornate detail within. This took around a couple of days to render.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 3d
• fractal
• mandelbrot
• mandelbulb
• skytopia
• cross
• section
• raytraced

[Hewpie]

Can you make me a 3-d rapid prototype model of this?

[TwinbeeUK]

In theory yes. From what I've heard, around 3 people are doing just this I think.

[phmfthacim]

So are these slices along the imaginary axis?

[TwinbeeUK]

It's based on hypercomplex numbers, so there are in effect, two imaginary axes, not just one.

Basically, each hypercomplex number consists of 3 'sub' numbers (represented by x,y,z for the Mandelbulb), instead of 2 as with complex numbers (which can be represented by x,y).

[ThePanicOffice]

MY MIND IS NOW OFFICIALLY BLOWN! The amount of detail unseen because of the resulting layers on top is staggering!

[Zyphet]

Intense.

[Jmsn72]

Totally closed eye visuals DXM style

[jerzkid87]

like a cat scan

[mozzarell]

It's kinda like an MRI of a fractal.

[Truth0is0beauty]

I suppose that this is basically a rehashing of phmfthacim's post from a few months ago, but are these cross sections paralell to the plane that the mandelbrot set itself is on, or are they perpendicular to it (or at an angle to it, I suppose)?

Also, do you have any links to the 3 people making physical versions of the mandelbulb?

Thanks!

[Hewpie]

Or one of those 3-d laser etchings that are embedded in a glass cube... Make a lovely paperweight!