January 3, 2022: "Untitled 5" by me

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Untitled-5-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.768534912655296681276669575288151909
Im: -0.003238612298963392406449390944502121069
Magnification: 3.0e20 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 7.2e23 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 1500

January 18, 2022: "Nested Julias" by me

This Julia set location has a prominent nested Julia set, which is a feature I hadn't seen before. Usually I've seen much smaller, more complex central features.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Nested-Julias-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.18747328259617150199
Im: 0.3042116636656827960577
Magnification: 2.2e11 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 2.64e14 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 2060

January 24, 2022: "Magnum Opus Ex" by stardust4ever

All credit for this image goes to "stardust4ever" from the fractalforums.com board, for discovering this amazing Mandelbrot set location. This is his 2011 Deviant Art page for this location.

Here's a similar location posted to the forum in 2016. Also, check out all his fractals on Deviant Art! They're awesome.

This is my favorite Mandelbrot set location I’ve ever seen, and it was discovered around 2011 by stardust4ever (on fractalforums.com), after what sounds like a lot of searching. This location is a large X shape, which is made of smaller X shapes, which are made of even smaller X shapes (stardust4ever fittingly called them chromosomes).

Using Very Plotter, the large render linked below took over 86 hours to render. This location has a maximum iteration setting of 400,000 iterations, and nearly 360,000 iterations were skipped per pixel. The 86 hour render was done with 8 JavaScript worker threads on my M1 Mac mini, at 10856x7760 pixels (>84 megapixels). It was resized down to make a smooth and clean final result.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• stardust4ever-Magnum-Opus-Ex-3200x1800.png
• stardust4ever-Magnum-Opus-Ex-4523x3337.png

Location:
Re: -1.4797962709017600244252799347704115256455510544325995179098076328242862544039075945268884660999628050229751964725497716818312344916955598525839552049861977622938727694748069039955642590406675685997700941126379378570821987561050974456193507569667937931144674320329377993465740144619572026488907382726758104299281925571396606196002960095648852803940011013602573467404942350378153725402938676297434487740893628746489527148378347572616696479155070553056741269846567113187869309530709506083704618952199193376646174337372933529682317495830617582584225996626047220980000003146661160274360111758949932113090681591627736792074508141555030836148272902213632440890171948598870366036119178098168002124472931199675575978515630666649298127196398018688410935222010983880806908352014011077759074249160660588531969863434518905762067484478748868928548778376772438405496400757729996218309016311245625992087187905884917840497006166276051816501705665425555290511990241
Im: 0.0011994439528134477462819732333744684445603141141325383620375692056574222167395645214711191076264533309963650679870881466636399967159398318191522486180422558246522689182996308975253866380294287064739208983585061954947980921751709470565080051258981884554765133419312569632099457685179999650016670762993336446844236778034215257672625848788694460282069039665644332180750510211229167948001409358429457822408318525728674579307646027308487673214350326307950188279884353995019301464652536433246988196260720509486592586535111295053754256454877702698366854337740431376220361692073855167521762312416027439765959720756033204080063897947492796559163545415397827454620231617310642320676741985492863616183030871530459422071478512538948407624933074421814042111671749281862544244133767582340846778717570291171721347943794724343146961916816182641403228394362447643718567728423739369698615777094087260365474691300114179641910688342217153247665225738231917222640683
Magnification: 6.293077614624e942 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 1.88792328438e945 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 400000

January 29, 2022: "Mitosis: One" by me

The first image from zooming into this location I'm calling "Mitosis." At this magnification the main feature actually appears nearly vertical in the plot, so this render was rotated in post.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Mitosis-One-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -0.69945103260120716376442001594992982550885119736258386192647673367012492763854651399632038824102026508260027261049264077628416895653881210054367905516100840461942100094251584307734928017740212798449310022596736
Im: 0.3492191934688881878594046653659433336462765217777102794082613144554680405961353597417430749132837302269861432234884725384595866234298950168025414976250930454200594497711714964850830295028124666829665584190136
Magnification: 1.2e188 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 1.44e191 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 220000

January 30, 2022: "Mitosis: Two" by me

This is the second image from my "Mitosis" location. I like the central diagonal line of spirals, and how distinct it is from the rest of the overall formation. Again here this render was rotated in post.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Mitosis-Two-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -0.69945103260120716376442001594992982550885119736258386192647673367012492763854651399632038824102026508260027261049264077628416895653881210054367905516100840461942100094251584307734928017740224630062049713981
Im: 0.349219193468888187859404665365943333646276521777710279408261314455468040596135359741743074913283730226986143223488472538459586623429895016802541497625093045420059449771171496485083029502812245170672907845
Magnification: 2.2e201 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 2.64e204 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 250000

January 31, 2022: "Mitosis: Three" by me

For the third image from my "Mitosis" location, we get a more complex arrangement including 16 "peanuts" arranged in a circle inside a ring of eight circular formations each with seven "peanuts."

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Mitosis-Three-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -0.69945103260120716376442001594992982550885119736258386192647673367012492763854651399632038824102026508260027261049264077628416895653881210054367905516100840461942100094251584307734928017740224630062049719789129216256500121128300992107317232589012484224459785073699122885533532
Im: 0.34921919346888818785940466536594333364627652177771027940826131445546804059613535974174307491328373022698614322348847253845958662342989501680254149762509304542005944977117149648508302950281224517067290782287610300759985865452743608438804303122813382509781442038645675781302616
Magnification: 1.6e271 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 1.92e274 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 550000

February 5, 2022: "Untitled 6" by me

Another Julia set location.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Untitled-6-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.028584483980947907835
Im: 0.3608717788239502930329
Magnification: 1.4e11 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 1.68e14 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 1060

February 14, 2022: "Ridge" by me

Using slope shading without smooth colors gives a terraced look. And by using a "too low" number of iterations, we get a black region along the very center of the ridge. I'm not sure it made any difference but I like how the terrace "bumps" look when zoomed in on the image, so the 3200x1800 render is a cropped portion of a larger render.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Ridge-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.2400481244888029097
Im: 0.41661890964075045932
Magnification: 7.08333333333e4 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 8.49999999999e7 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 40

February 15, 2022: "Flake" by Dinkydau

This Mandelbrot set location was first posted by Dinkydau to the fractalforums.com board and to Deviant Art in 2013. By the way, check out Dinkydau's Deviant Art gallery if you're into the Mandelbrot set and haven't seen it already.

I was having trouble rendering this location to my liking. There's a lot of fine detail but it's hard to get it visible in the image without going overboard in the rest of the image, color gradient-wise. After implementing a simple slope shading technique in Very Plotter, the more subtle details look great with a faux 3D-shading effect.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Dinkydau-Flake-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.99996619445037030418434688506350579675531241540724851511761922944801584242342684381376129778868913812287046406560949864353810575744772166485672496092803920095332176654843899
Im: 0.000000000000000000000000000000000300138243679093832407249730397759249873468311907733352701742572801204749756148235811856472992884140755192241865049781816254785289455481571221457726813208724311827020946640834
Magnification: 1.8e157 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 2.16e160 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 50100

February 17, 2022: "Mitosis: Four" by me

This is the fourth image from my "Mitosis" location.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Mitosis-Four-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -0.6994510326012071637644200159499298255088511973625838619264767336701249276385465139963203882410202650826002726104926407762841689565388121005436790551610084046194210009425158430773492801774022463006204971978912921625650012112830099210731723258901248422445978507369912288553433865761711614706991529648513873501486626716838712451357638401443161722606386772755538250454365462954758044206090666953433793179049317636844213013158581385045992489269729750753158676702686216233422664736200524951494824313333837760929879856822664442688218361683294334907536855368620239781145290194942279798423229770741784046406304566764834814828058657769697844950916938798628755213316428821893454095951630923274894252791596606138336387205783792269036151686008174966246348946374314434811825092747239354202596059385431689235602745766995269961006365910727203013328885948449595594463
Im: 0.3492191934688881878594046653659433336462765217777102794082613144554680405961353597417430749132837302269861432234884725384595866234298950168025414976250930454200594497711714964850830295028122451706729078228761030075998586545274360843880430312281338250978144203864567578130234363596052470923407683289381753167679033916121993800233340648807197798205385692453057117361927337248747478682164478778613616615853335104479725979394387766374316239331531810066013662937905857992867716510482393844068999452938888475727981980827122360337992955652591529321846839108682823788255498068862944327187218805483613725570273509387733461414358000839351599641325260855107403976778499012725967959553089021652274310060948848136231804543413800572406836256860619256466433205052222543302381374170631884937573154531939887304885649574143923360413070858476103404955079037657738793441
Magnification: 6.35743440233e841 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 1.90723032069e844 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 650000

February 21, 2022: "Typhoons" by me

Using earth tones and slope shading, this image at first glance may appear like a satellite imagery of a pair of tropical hurricanes or typhoons.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Typhoons-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: 0.2320493047984879994
Im: 0.53360657270468833131
Magnification: 1.34e10 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 4.02e12 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 30000

February 23, 2022: "Tick Tock" by Dinkydau

This image was first shared on the fractalforums.com board in May, 2013. That original image is striking, apparently created by layering multiple gradients. This version uses a simpler gradient plus slope shading to bring out more fine detail.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Dinkydau-Tick-Tock-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.479946223325078880202580653442563833590828874828533272328919467504501428041551458102123157715213651035545943542078167348953885787341902612509987523844493790997569942182815961274
Im: 0.0009013973290203539801977918661971735662515668180451024110676303864886922871890491456215844360269342187635275772906318094547966181107674245803000517934891341563129581287143605336i
Magnification: 2.2e141 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 6.6e143 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 80000

March 12, 2022: "Quasar" by me

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Quasar-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -0.007041784181999690105892977903851319095980288222248438236816586192862317034866906
Im: -1.00364852479202692709432465139314128137978638478885617518526312862054160861534534
Magnification: 3.47076502732e51 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 4.16491803278e54 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 350000

March 13, 2022: "Untitled 7" by me

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Untitled-7-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -0.0070417876928356827975083577233476601534650629006514706393607653723741513676862905500574944325069514093633156905712752995855356228128
Im: -1.003648522469713351103716346437151846611403313309575748724514362747405203864388633500880589431960458345401594365455491123466860985131
Magnification: 2.17554121857e92 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 2.61064946228e95 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 260000

March 21, 2022: "Cerebral Spin 1" by me

Near the center line emitted just "behind" minibrots, there are commonly these brain cross-section features. This location features an eight-element pinwheel.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Cerebral-Spin-1-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.928532931364664508128629733239928208230411296677913777145287257081343315454333732943347528524641352140515347513234388519354223613116741857456440047753106745726828202400746250344
Im: 0.0000000000000000000000002775037847777391697513493897980924020788483304258670028112490423002367733224743711208729697970944618370148922118743132978136305195049537200134685203811472
Magnification: 2.66133584195e141 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 3.26457196612e144 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 500000

March 21, 2022: "Cerebral Spin 2" by me

Near the center line emitted just "behind" minibrots, there are commonly these brain cross-section features. This location features a four-element pinwheel.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• Cerebral-Spin-2-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -1.928532931364664508128629733239928208230411296677913777145287257081343315454333732943347528524641352140515347513234388519354223613114109267382392583208798092455145
Im: 0.0000000000000000000000002775037847777391697513493897980924020788483304258670028112490423002367733224743711208729697970944618370148822197991905144002771912668433932
Magnification: 1.5e129 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 1.84e132 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 400000

July 4, 2022: "July 4, 2022" by me

Without smooth colors, we get nice stripes of color that remind me of American 4th of July buntings.

Click here to view this location in Very Plotter.

Available renders:

• July-4th-2022-3200x1800.png

Location:
Re: -0.783524738925
Im: 0.140376021218
Magnification: 8.57741795523e2 (where 1.0 fits entire Mandelbrot set into the window)
Scale: 2.57322538656e5 (pixels/unit, for renders seen here)
Iterations: 500