Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alluvial fan

Alluvial fan

A vast alluvial fan blossoms across the desolate landscape between the Kunlun and Altun mountain ranges that form the southern border of the Taklimakan Desert in China’s XinJiang Province. The left side is the active part of the fan, and appears blue from water currently flowing in the many small streams. Credit: NASA/ASTER

Reason

Perfectly illustrates the article, highly encyclopedic, high resolution

Articles this image appears in

Alluvial fan

Creator

NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS/ASTER

• Support as nominator — BRIAN0918 • 2007-06-06 20:22Z
• Support--Mbz1 03:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
• Support - Interesting, detailed, and sharp. Roguegeek (talk) 04:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support - Intriguing picture. 70.20.162.98 17:08, 7 June 2007 (UTC) Dylan Schiff 18:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• IP users do not have suffrage. MER-C 02:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• That was my vote. I didn't sign in. Dylan Schiff 18:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• Comment I really like this image at thumbnail and image page dimensions, but I feel that it looks oversharpened (not that I know anything about that) and somehow vague at full resolution. How about a down-sample? It is certainly large enough to have one, and I don't think it's sharp at full resolution. Enuja 21:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • I don't think they apply any sort of sharpening filters to these images. Can you point out a section that indicates oversharpening? As for size, it's usually better to have these images as high-res as possible. The downsizing occurs in the articles when people view them at thumbnail size. There's no need to downsize the full res image and lose information in the process. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-06-10 22:43Z
• Support - Very illustrative, encyclopedic, and beautiful. Cacophony 03:54, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support - Interesting and very encyclopedic per nom. typhoonchaser 07:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support - Amazing image. TimVickers 02:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
• Support Typhoon, for one, puts it quite right. Joe 04:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Alluvial fan, Taklimakan Desert, XinJiang Province, China, NASA, ASTER.jpg --Raven4x4x 01:46, 23 June 2007 (UTC)