Plumbing the depths of the Seahorse Valley

Fractals fascinate me to the point of frenzied distraction, and I truly wish I had a superior grasp of mathematics so I could study them. This video by M. Eric Carr is a deep zoom into the ‘Seahorse Valley’ region of the Mandelbrot Set, and is set to “La Villageoise” by Rameau, performed by Trevor Pinnock:

If you enjoyed this fractal zoom video, be sure to visit the site of fractal artist Jock Cooper. His works — fractal recursions — are stunningly beautiful.

This all gives me a deeper and fuller respect for infinity. Can anyone tell me,… what really does lie beneath the subatomic level?

How many dimensions are there, really?

- Ryl