Three dimensional, fractal images

Of course everybody has already seen a Mandelbrot set, and I suppose, many of you have calculated one on your own computer. The images you can see on this page don't show - in contrast to usual fractal images - two, but three dimensional fractals. Often fractals are called three dimensional, but, strictly speaking, they aren't three dimensional. They are only displayed in a three dimensional manner, i.e. by choosing a specific "height level" according to the color of the point.

Following images aren't of that kind. They are three dimensional generalizations of the well-known Julia sets (which are nearly related to Mandelbrot sets). Those who want to know more about them (and understands German), could read the mathematical background.

A small gallery of images: (Page 1/4)

These images were created using version 0.92 of the 3d-fractal-program Quat. The parameter files for recalculation of the images can be downloaded by clicking on them.
Chroma	Creamorange
Dezent	Doig
Drop	Fetzen
Kamelion	Krater