Animated Burning Ship Fractal Orbits

As a fractal is being created through iterations, the mathematics send numbers on a journey to determine if they escape a boundary. But, what happens to the points that don't escape until higher iteration counts? How do they travel? In this example I show the "orbits" of those points near the edge of the burning ship set. These points don't escape the boundary for many iterations and it is mesmerizing watching their orbits evolve in a mathematic dance.

[@ariwoodward]

i love that the description explained what was happening in a way i could understand without knowing the actual math

[@josha2794]

Very cool visualization. It almost looks like something from the real world, like a sheet on a clothesline.

[@studio_motu]

I feel like it’s time to try this out on a Mandelbulb too.

[@franziscoschmidt]

Glorious algorithm moment

[@ebunny1652]

cool

[@OmPuter]

Burning ship? I don't understad.... what ship? why it's burned? what is it? please explain...

[@studio_motu]

It’s a type of fractal. See this Wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Ship_fractal