Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lechuguilla Cave Pearlsian Gulf

stalagmites, stalactites, and draperies by a pool in Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, USA

Reason: I'm not a troglodyte, but I understand that Lechuguilla Cave is considered to be the finest cave in the world for its collection of crystaline limestone cave formations (most particularly the 'Chandelier Ballroom', although I think this photo is the better illustration). It was only discovered 20 years ago, but access is severly resticted and essentially impossible for the general public, so I suspect we are quite lucky to have this illustration by Dave Bunnell.
Articles this image appears in: Lechuguilla Cave
Creator: Dave Bunnell
Nominator: Solipsist

Support — Solipsist 20:26, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Bad JPEG artifacts, marginal resolution, and some film/scanning grain visible. Original photo likely does not have these problems. Would support a higher-quality scan. —Dgies^t c 20:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose It looks nice but it just kind of looks flushed out.--¿Why 1 9 9 1 ^{ESP. | Sign Here} 21:16, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support A bit on the low side and oversharpened, but the lighting appeals to me --Fir0002 01:08, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Oppose Although I like the picture, the technical problems with it (lighting, artifacts, possible aliasing) leads me to oppose. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 06:38, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Artifacts, small size.--Here T oHelp 19:43, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
YSupport Good topic, good lighting, good quality. Reywas92^Talk_{Sign Here} 02:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Great composition and lighting, but very poor technical aspects per above. --Tewy 05:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, although certainly an interesting picture, the size and quality is below featured picture standards. --RandomOrca2 21:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 12:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]