Amazing flame fractals take your breath away
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Water Lilies
Water Lilies
ntWitness the beauty and elegance of mathematics with 50 breathtaking fractals.
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ntPhysicist, aerospace engineer, and artist Roger Johnston created these Fractal Flames with Apophysis–a freeware Windows application with which you can design and render fractal flames. According to http://apophysis.wikispaces.com/ and http://www.flam3.com/, Fractal Flames were created by Scott Draves in 1992 and are an “extension of the iterated function system class of fractals”.
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ntAccording to Johnston, the process is more complicated than you might think:
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nt”The process of creating these fractals often requires hours of manipulation of function coefficients and palettes followed by perhaps hours in final rendering to create a final image. I hope you find reward in viewing them as I am rewarded by creating them. In each of these fractals, the whole of science, math, and music precipitates onto the canvas, never seen, never envisioned before.”
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ntJohnston has partnered with visual artist Michael Luckman to make his fractal creations even more accessible. Through the site Fractal Art in Motion, the public can purchase Johnston’s fractals as full-size prints and giclees. The pair has kindly granted us permission to republish a collection of the images on TechRepublic.
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Vulture over Prometheus
Vulture over Prometheus
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Watercolor flame
Watercolor flame
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Passion Flame
Passion Flame
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Exotic flame
Exotic flame
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Martian Missile Defense
Martian Missile Defense
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Cats in a Bag
Cats in a Bag
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Hovering
Hovering
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Coccoon
Coccoon
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Sillouette
Sillouette
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Flight Study
Flight Study
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Whimsey
Whimsey
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Dissolving Rose
Dissolving Rose
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Confetti
Confetti
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Dandy Lionfur
Dandy Lionfur
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Explosion
Explosion
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Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
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Jelly flame
Jelly flame
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In-a-pod
In-a-pod
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Flourish
Flourish
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Knitted flame
Knitted flame
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Orchid Exotica
Orchid Exotica
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Poof
Poof
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Savannah Scene
Savannah Scene
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Savannah Scene with Water
Savannah Scene with Water
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Flame of Paradise
Flame of Paradise
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Lacewing Ballet
Lacewing Ballet
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Rough Road Ahead
Rough Road Ahead
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Tapestry
Tapestry
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Crumpled
Crumpled
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Self-iterated
Self-iterated
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Pluma Delicada
Pluma Delicada
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Claw Nebula
Claw Nebula
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Cord of Flame
Cord of Flame
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Articulated
Articulated
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Garland
Garland
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Light Comb
Light Comb
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Spaceflame
Spaceflame
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Monolith
Monolith
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Verdant Explosion
Verdant Explosion
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Centerpiece
Centerpiece
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Disk Flight
Disk Flight
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Ghostship
Ghostship
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Ghostship
Ghostship
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Neander Flamensis
Neander Flamensis
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Spectral Staircase
Spectral Staircase
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Ostentation
Ostentation
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Staircase
Staircase
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Rooster
Rooster
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