Flame Fractals continue to dazzle

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

This flame was a pleasant surprise to me. It reminds me of the kind of painting used for animated cartoons.

Agony

Between angst and mere agony -like what I’ve been through recently with my computer.

Mardi Gras

A festively dressed dancer coming down the street.

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.

Feather Tunnel

I usually steer away from spirals but this one caught my eye, probably because of the natural, organic appearance.

Broken Feather

Chance Meeting in Space

An encounter between two ethereal creatures.

Sheets of Light

Spectral Display

Nebular Bubble

Birthplace of flame galaxies

Cirque du Apophysis

Ever wonder what the stage would look like if all those Cirque acrobats came crashing down?

Moment of Conception

Creation and conception are intertwined.

Banded C'pillar

Well-protected larval flame

Feathers

Elephractal

My daughter loved collecting elephants as she grew up. Here’s one hiding in an Apophysis 2.02 flame

Eye Wonder

An eye peering in from the darkness

Flowing Jelly

Imagine a waterfall of jelly… We’ve got Orange Marmalade, Grape, Strawberry, Blueberry… and what was that other one?

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?

Golden Fob

Does anyone remember what a fob is? Can anyone figure out why I associated a fob with this flame?

Wavespiral

Furball

Witch's Brew

A pot boiling with the poisonous fumes from unspeakable ingredients. Have a sip, my lovelies…

Reflections in a pond

Shaving Tree

Intertwined sinews of shavings from a carver’s knife….. or whatever you want it to be.

Stacked Cool Flames

This is what happens when fractals tailgate.

Tapestry with Teeth

Although not having the visual impact that I wanted, I really like the recursive interdigitating cuspids worked into the cloth.

WindSwept

A windswept, whirling, feathery whatchamacallit

Trojan flame

Reminded me of the Trojan Horse. Wonder what is hiding inside?

Apparition

A nebulous apparition floating by in the night.

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?