Which is the deepest, hardest Mandelbrot zoom of them all?

Rob Beschizza 5:14 am Mon Oct 15, 2018

I love mandelbrot youtube, where the most important thing is how many iterations is in your deep, hard zoom.

Here's "Mandelbrot zoom to 10E+1116 with deep zoom into minibrot – 75,000,000 iterations":

Or how about some "Mandelbrot deep zoom to 10E+2431 at 60 fps – Needle Julia evolution – 30,000,000 iterations." Very satisfying:

Granted, that's not quite as many iterations as some. Here Eddy Fry offers a staggering 538 trillion iterations, but to be honest I'm not all that impressed with the hardness of his zoom:

Here's a "lucky zoom" with 7.777*10^777 | 777,777 iterations:

It is amazing what folks find hidden in the set. The "Pinwheel of Infinity" is a striking example of the uncannyiness of fractals:

….and, from Fractal Universe, the "hardest Mandelbrot Zoom Ever":

You can make your own with Mandelbrot Explorer.

Image: SeryZone

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