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Incredible flame fractals take you through the wormhole

By // July 17, 2007, 6:23 AM PST // billdetwiler

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  • Wormhole Entrance

    Another batch of amazing fractal flames created by Webshots member Rajahh using Apophysis--a freeware Windows application with which you can design and render fractal flames. According to The Apophysis Wiki and Flam3, 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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  • Tapestry

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  • Puffball

    One puff of wind and this one is gone.

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  • Threading a Snowball

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  • Her Shyness

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  • Knit-a-Flame

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  • Deco-moth

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  • Tall ship

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  • Quixotica

    Or perhaps a row of fragile wine glasses or an ornate balustrade

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  • Flamenco

    Actually.. FLAMEnco

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  • Folds of Flame

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  • Paperclips and String

    Dreams of an office slave

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  • Neon Flame

    It should start blinking on and off pretty quick now...

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  • Crystal Ball

    Your future is deep within.

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  • Flame a'la Giger

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  • Dog Shake

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  • Intricate Weaving

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  • Spiral pads

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  • Pointilist Bouquet

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  • Fountains of Apophysis

    Or maybe fireworks or a Maypole

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  • Pinwheel Factory

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  • Crystal Cove

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  • Nativity

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  • Jammin Jelly

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  • Primordial Soup

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  • Leaving the Nest

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  • Flame Fountain

    Fountain of electric flames

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  • Filmstrip

    This easily demonstrates the recursive nature of the fractal.

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  • Alien Flame

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  • Birth of a Flame

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  • Bubba Gum

    Sticky and perhaps sweet

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  • Cactus Parrots

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  • Out of the clouds

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  • Abstract

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  • Whirleybob

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  • The Fly Fishers

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  • Cometary

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  • Dragonwyck

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  • Flame Nursery

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  • Flame Tree

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  • Flamecanthe

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  • Flames from Friction

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  • Globular Stack

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  • Lights over Roswell

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  • Creation Shockwave

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  • Tucson Sunset

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  • Unicorn Bush

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  • Waves Along the Pier

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  • Sincerity

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  • June Bug

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  • Bloomer

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  • Impression of Spirals

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Wormhole Entrance

Another batch of amazing fractal flames created by Webshots member Rajahh using Apophysis--a freeware Windows application with which you can design and render fractal flames. According to The Apophysis Wiki and Flam3, Fractal Flames were created by Scott Draves in 1992 and are an "extension of the iterated function system class of fractals".

© Webshots - rajahh

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