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Mandelbrot zoom to 2.1×10^275 (January 2010)

Orson Wang · Demo · YouTube title: Deepest Mandelbrot Set Zoom Animation ever - a New Record! 10^275 (2.1E275 or 2^915)
Why it's here

HN uses it as a reference point for how deep Mandelbrot zooms can go and how much compute they once took.

What it covers

A Mandelbrot set zoom animation reaching a magnification of about 2.1x10^275, claimed as the deepest at the time (January 2010). Each frame was rendered separately over six months on 12 CPU cores.