Here are some fractal bugs for your enjoyment.

All of the fractal bugs below were generated by dumping PBM files from short c++ programs. These programs were compiled in unix or Linux with g++. The unix shareware program XV was used to convert them to .gif files. The programs created Newton's method basin-of-attraction fractals shaded with Clifford Pickover's ArcTan coloring method. Getting bugs with spines is tricky, send me e-mail and I'll explain. The "fossil" images were generated by using the emboss algorithm that comes with XV. The large fractals that look like plants or worms are the result of orbit capture tricks which I learned about from the Carlson Fractal Gallery

WARNING: if you click on the bugs you can get other, different fractals. Some of these are VERY large.

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Fossils.