Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Caspian Sea from orbit.jpg

The Caspian Sea

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Sep 2010 at 20:31:48 (UTC)

Reason: Very high quality and EV satellite image of the 'sea'.
Articles in which this image appears: Caspian Sea, Lake
FP category for this image: "Looking back"
Creator: NASA, hi-res upload by Originalwana

Support as nominator --I'ḏ ♥One 20:31, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, very nice. I think Kbh3rd also deserves credit as the original uploader. --Avenue (talk) 04:44, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Don't you mean Pixeltoo? That's who is said originally uploaded the smaller version of this file. --I'ḏ♥One 16:56, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, Pixeltoo just transferred it from Wikipedia to Commons. The smaller version was originally uploaded back in 2004 by Kbh3rd. --Avenue (talk) 12:41, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: What's going on with that severe blockiness in the top left? J Milburn (talk) 10:51, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Pardon if I'm way off, but do you mean the farms? :P --Golbez (talk) 14:48, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yeah, looks like a common aerial view of a plat in southwestern Russia. --I'ḏ♥One 15:38, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - The caption says it's eutrophication. I don't know whether it's a temporary phenomenon or not, maybe it's absent now. Twilightchill t 17:09, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - No, not that, he was talking about the top left, you're looking at the top right, and I don't think the bloom is too much a problem, we have FPs that have that already. --I'ḏ ♥One 17:38, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Question: What are the small areas outlined in red in the lower left quadrant of the image? --KFP (contact | edits) 00:27, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Not sure, reference points for the satellite maybe? See the edit, I think I edited them all out. --I'ḏ♥One 03:39, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - They are fires. As far as I'm aware, all satellite images highlight fires in that way: see this image of Borneo. 79.67.141.104 (talk) 08:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Caspian Sea must feel so unloved. ='( --I'ḏ ♥One 23:56, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support to make the Caspian Sea feel better about itself. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:30, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted —Maedin\^talk 21:56, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]