Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

Voting period ends on 27 Jan 2012 at 16:44:07 (UTC)

 
Original – A mushroom cloud over 20,000 feet (6,100 m) towers over the Japanese city of Hiroshima after the dropping of the "Little Boy" Atomic bomb on August 6th, 1945. The bomb, dropped by Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Super-fortress, exploded with the energy of between 13-18 kilotons of TNT.
 
Alt. 1 - Retouched
Reason
Has excellent encyclopedic value, high resolution and a good caption. (Not the best as far as quality goes, but how good the quality is doesn't surpass the EV.)
Articles in which this image appears
Little Boy, Air Raids on Japan, 1945 in the United States, +5 others.
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Sgt. George R. Caron
I will grant you that the picture is grainy and is of a fairly low quality, but you have to remember that you cant judge a picture taken nearly 70 years ago according to today's standards. It is also good to consider the encyclopedic value of the picture. This bomb ushered in the atomic age, and it was the worlds first nuclear bomb used in warfare. It was an important moment in world history. The other picture (most kindly provided by Brandmeister) is impressive.... But it is of no better quality then the current nominated picture, nor is the current FP of the Nagasaki bomb of any better quality (yet it's a featured picture). Dusty777 (talk) 03:15, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Image improvement? If you don't mind my asking, what gave you the impression that i wanted the picture improved? Dusty777 (talk) 01:49, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you didn't want it, but as you see, the image needed more restoration. anyway I don't think that's good enough for FP yet.   ■ MMXX  talk  23:07, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification. =D Dusty777 (talk) 16:20, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have uploaded a new brighter version over alt 1.   ■ MMXX  talk  23:07, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:22, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]