Flame Fractals continue to dazzle
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Auroral Spiral
Auroral Spiral
Revisit the beauty of mathematics with this second flame fractal set. Click here to view our first, extremely popular flame fractal gallery.
Webshots member rajah 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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Flame Caricature
Flame Caricature
This flame was a pleasant surprise to me. It reminds me of the kind of painting used for animated cartoons.
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Agony
Agony
Between angst and mere agony -like what I’ve been through recently with my computer.
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Mardi Gras
Metaspiral
Metaspiral
This flame is in honor of the fine images coming back from the Cassini-Huygens probe. The fine detail in this flame is not unlike the pencil thin structures in Saturns rings. Hope you enjoy.
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Feather Tunnel
Feather Tunnel
I usually steer away from spirals but this one caught my eye, probably because of the natural, organic appearance.
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Broken Feather
Broken Feather
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Chance Meeting in Space
Sheets of Light
Nebular Bubble
Cirque du Apophysis
Cirque du Apophysis
Ever wonder what the stage would look like if all those Cirque acrobats came crashing down?
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Moment of Conception
Banded C'pillar
Feathers
Feathers
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Elephractal
Elephractal
My daughter loved collecting elephants as she grew up. Here’s one hiding in an Apophysis 2.02 flame
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Eye Wonder
Flowing Jelly
Flowing Jelly
Imagine a waterfall of jelly… We’ve got Orange Marmalade, Grape, Strawberry, Blueberry… and what was that other one?
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Fur Snail
Fur Snail
I thought perhaps this could be a new type of snail bred for its fur…;o) Or maybe a tribble?.. any Trekkies out there?
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Golden Fob
Golden Fob
Does anyone remember what a fob is? Can anyone figure out why I associated a fob with this flame?
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Wavespiral
Wavespiral
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Furball
Furball
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Witch's Brew
Witch's Brew
A pot boiling with the poisonous fumes from unspeakable ingredients. Have a sip, my lovelies…
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Reflections in a pond
Reflections in a pond
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Shaving Tree
Shaving Tree
Intertwined sinews of shavings from a carver’s knife….. or whatever you want it to be.
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Stacked Cool Flames
Tapestry with Teeth
Tapestry with Teeth
Although not having the visual impact that I wanted, I really like the recursive interdigitating cuspids worked into the cloth.
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WindSwept
Trojan flame
Apparition
Cloud Coils
Cloud Coils
Ever wonder what holds clouds in those fluffy shapes? Here’s an X-ray showing the internal scaffolding of one cloud. Cloud manufacturers have gotten really sophisticated, huh?
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Conspicuous Fog
Cyber Squid
Cyber Squid
As beautiful as a squid… I’m always surprised at the infinitude of shapes we can generate with Apophysis. Keeps me looking for more.
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Meditation
Meditation
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Swarm Symmetric
Swarm Symmetric
Just playing around with a simple APO flame using PSP. Unabashed manipulation; not for the purists.
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Flame Parfait
Driven to Abstraction
Driven to Abstraction
Another dark tunnel with shapes mildly reminiscent of Giger.
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Cellular Eruption
Cellular Eruption
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Reverie Wrap
Butte
Butte
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Crystal Cave
Crystal Cave
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Power Surge
Power Surge
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Nebular Wind
Nebular Wind
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Spinewood
Star Spiral
Zazzle
Cotton Candy Flame
Doppler Event
Downdraft
Just Cuz I Like It
Laceflame
Leaves Falling Leaves
Monterey flame tree
