With this on my desktop, it looks like my monitor is giving in to the heat, and melting back into a whirlpool.

This is a fractal image. The spectral lens flare isn't added, it is actully part of the fractal. I am adding a category for fractals, and will be adding several more soon. See the search page to select the gallery.

I put off images that give me trouble, switching back to a previous problem child. I switched back to this one which accepted my tweaking much better this time.

I really like the simulated depth of field in this. (the blur that increases the further it is from the camera.)

A Fractal image illustrating how pixels are ground into existence. That's the premise, but it still makes me hungry for Skittles.

Thank you Sydney for the winning name! I can't declare winner on Facebook because their rules distance themselves from contest liability.
I didn't know the definition of oracle included the knowledge & wisdom passed from an oracle, but now I realize the name fits perfectly.

Fascinating how this fractal not only came out looking feathery, but appearing to be affected by gravity.

It doesn't look like it, but this is actually a fractal image, a repeating mathematical construct represented in 3d space.

A custom fractal flame design with color enhancing in PhotoShop.