Buddhabrot
Unlike the Mandelbrot set (which marks bounded orbits), the Buddhabrot counts how many escaped trajectories pass through each pixel. The result is a ghostly figure discovered by Melinda Green (1993) — a Buddha-like form hidden within the Mandelbrot set.
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How it works: For each random complex number c, iterate z→z²+c. If the orbit escapes (|z|>2) within maxIter steps, plot every visited point onto the canvas. High-iteration escapees create the intricate fine structure. Nebula variant uses three separate passes with different max-iterations for RGB channels.