Mandelbot fractal is the visual representation of a set of complex numbers on the imaginary number plane.
When each position is represented as a two dimensional position and tested against a very simple equation, infinite detail emerges.
A point that fails the Mandelbrot test "escapes" to infinity. In contrast, points that succeed converge to origin. While the Mandelbrot fractal plots the points that succeed, the Buddhabrot fractal plots the cumulative glow of all the escape paths.
This piece shows the combination of three slightly different renderings of the Buddhabrot fractal.
The combination technique is called "false coloring", where images taken in wavelengths invisible to human eye are represented by red, green and blue, and combined to create a false color.
This technique is often used in astronomy to visualize celestial bodies that are otherwise invisible to us, which incidentally gives the nebulous quality to this rendering.
Nebulabrot is the first of the series "Studies on Mandelbrot", with a single edition. The NFT contains a 4500 x 4500 version of this rendering.
