Here are 40 fractal images created using Apophysis. It’s a free Windows program for designing and rendering fractal flames. You can download the software for free at SourceForge

Recently, Apophysis has been getting more and more popular among the community of DeviantArt. Apophysis, and competing fractal product UltraFractal, are the most popular fractal software used by fractal artists on deviantART.

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Organizers of Shanghai’s World Expo have been holding trial runs this week, before the official opening this Saturday, May 1st. About 70 percent of the nearly 200 participants participated in the trials, and visitors were already encountering long lines. Officials now estimate the 6-month event, themed “Better City, Better Life”, will attract up to 100 million visitors, 95 percent of them Chinese. Shanghai has spent 400 billion yuan (58.6 billion US dollars) preparing for the Expo, according to state media – more than was spent on the Beijing Olympics. Collected here are photographs of last-minute preparations in Shanghai as they prepare to welcome the world this weekend.

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Sotogrande house is the latest project by A-cero architecture studio, the project is a single-family house situated in a tourist town of the Mediterranean coast. It has been built as a house for holidays. A-cero has chosen the white colour as the main element in the house’s decoration in order to provide clarity and luminosity to the interior areas. The house’s structure is a cubic volume. It has an area of almost 400 m2 and it is distributed in two floors. The furniture, also designed by A-cero, includes lacquered modern pieces. White and beige woods have a main role in the furniture. In some places there are some details of dark wood which break the predominant white colour.

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The 2011 R8 Spyder V10 puts on an impressive display of power  when Iron Man 2  opens in theaters on May 7th. This amazing vehicle was selected by the filmmakers to make its debut in this summer’s most anticipated motion picture. And we invite you to share in the excitement and win incredible prizes as Stark Expo and Audi present: The Tony Stark Innovation Challenge.

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We’re out to change the way cancer is treated and perceived. It’s doing away with the stigma and the victim mentality. It’s shifting the balance of power from the cancer to the patient.

Theanine in tea helps you think more clearly. And so it is that some of the world’s greatest creators drink tea while working.

Eugene first introduced us to Tom Lowe’s film in a blog post here. Now Tom has released some more of his amazing work. This beautiful short is called “Death is the Road to Awe” and is actually pre-production footage for a documentary he is preparing called Southwest Light. The music is by by Clint Mansell, from The Fountain, and the dancer is Tomas Isaac Hunt.

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Sony makes it easy to capture all your friends in one shot. Even if you have millions. Introducing the new Sony Cyber-shot cameras with iSweep Panorama mode. Just press the shutter and shoot the scene with a sweeping motion. The camera does the rest, capturing the whole scene easily. Beautifully.

The first of seven Schumacher branded towers – the number of world championship titles won by Schumi. The 240m high structure, which comprise three towers intertwined into one, emerges strikingly from the sea and gives the impression of a floating skyscraper (it is actually anchored to its surrounding water basin, a design features that replicates mangroves).

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Jeter’s signature baseball trainer becomes an expandable, 3_D interface to explore the nine moments behind the shoe through product features and unique athlete video.

Maldive Islands, officially Republic of Maldives, is an island country in the Indian Oceanformed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls stretching in a north-south direction off India’sLakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago. It stands in theLaccadive Sea, about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka.

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Rocket is a new Italian brand dedicated to making quirky furniture that appeal to our hidden rockstar side. Check out their first collection below, you’ll find anything from strato-shaped tables to tape decks turned shelves, equalizer clothes rack and a lot more. Products on sale internationally via Yoox.com

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The afterlife never sounded so good. Feeding France’s insatiable appetite for all things ancient Egyptian (Yeah, I’m talkin’ to you Napoleon!), French designer Stéphane Thivend cracked many whips to bring us the “Horus” pyramid coffee table. This Ancient Wonder is made from high performance concrete and features a powered integrated dual speaker system and iPod dock. And to further ensure a captive audience, Stéphane also included an integrated LED lighting effect with your choice of 24 Pharaoh approved colors. – Sent from my iPad while listening to Pink Floyd.

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More focus. More performance. More efficiency. To the point. The new Cayenne. Drive your prefered Cayenne model on your personal track and find all information you want on the entertaining Cayenne microsite.

Construction began in December for what will be China’s largest sports park, the Hangzhou Sports Park. It’ll be green, sustainable, and will span around 400,000 square meters. Did I mention how it looks like a space city?

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Very favorite for work of Benjamin Heine, a young Belgian artist. Stuffed talent, it created the series of images “Pencil VS Camera”, combining photographs and drawings, and of which returned is single. More images in the continuation of the article.

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Stefan Sagmeister harnesses his signature move of naturally constructed typography for this impressive spot for Standard Chartered Bank. (+Behind the scene)

Graffiti Analysis is an extensive ongoing study in the motion of graffiti. Custom software designed for graffiti writers creates visualizations of the often unseen motion involved in the creation of a tag. Motion data is recorded, analyzed and archived in a free and open database, 000000book.com, where writers can share analytical representations of their hand styles. Influential graffitis artist such as SEEN, TWIST, AMAZE, KETONE, JON ONE and KATSU have had their tags motion captured using the Graffiti Analysis software.

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