Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Caspian Sea from orbit.jpg
The Caspian Sea edit
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)
- Support, very nice. I think Kbh3rd also deserves credit as the original uploader. --Avenue (talk) 04:44, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment: What's going on with that severe blockiness in the top left? J Milburn (talk) 10:51, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
- Pardon if I'm way off, but do you mean the farms? :P --Golbez (talk) 14:48, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, looks like a common aerial view of a plat in southwestern Russia. --I'ḏ♥One 15:38, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
- 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)
- Yeah, looks like a common aerial view of a plat in southwestern Russia. --I'ḏ♥One 15:38, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
- Pardon if I'm way off, but do you mean the farms? :P --Golbez (talk) 14:48, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Comment The Caspian Sea must feel so unloved. ='( --I'ḏ♥One 23:56, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- Support to make the Caspian Sea feel better about itself. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:30, 10 September 2010 (UTC)