Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Phobos

Phobos

Original Phobos,taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from a distance of 6,800 kilometers (about 4,200 miles)

Edit 1 by Fir0002 - quick edit which removed most of the red dots

Edit 2 by diego_pmc — further removal of most obvious effects of the red dots (mainly the brighter crater).

Reason: After my previous FPC nomination,Rhea,I found this striking image of Phobos.It will probably be the most detailed image available of Phobos until Phobos-Grunt arrives. Meets all featured picture criteria.
Articles this image appears in: Phobos (moon)
Creator: NASA,uploaded by Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

Support as nominator --Fireaxe888 (talk) 17:11, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as uploader (but obviously not author). This is on of the best pictures of a moon in the entire solar system. --Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 18:08, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question What's all that red noise most visible to the left? Can it be removed?--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 18:15, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Unfortunately,I'm not quite sure what it is.Perhaps someone with more experience should take a look?--Fireaxe888 (talk) 18:52, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ Full support if the red dots can be edited out without changing the moon's surface too much. (I guess it might be some data transmission noise.) --Janke | Talk 19:51, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- - Comment Perhaps the moon has measles... Lemon martini (talk) 11:38, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Why this extreme crop? Shouldn't be too difficult to add some more black space -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 21:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - One of the better pictures of the Martian moon. Red "dots" are a result of the process of taking a picture of an object thousands of miles away from Earth, and they are only apparent when viewed at higest resolution. As you can see here [1], even NASA didn't get rid of the dots, and they could if they felt it necessary. --AutoGyro (talk) 16:16, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 2, ~~but I'd prefer if the red dots were removed. It doesn't look like something extremely hard to do.~~ Diego_pmc ^Talk 20:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 1 Impressive detail and colour is a plus --Fir0002 05:08, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well done! support above is now full... (PS: Be sure to mention the retouching on the image page...) --Janke | Talk 20:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request Fir0002, could you also fix the red dots on that big crater? They pass right through it, and it's the only place where they're still quite that visible. Diego_pmc ^Talk 20:59, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 1 or whichever is deemed the best, if more are made. Great job, Fir!--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 00:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support edit 1 (Fir). Now the red noise is gone, it's a magnificent image of an important object. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 09:54, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Added edit 2 - I removed the line caused by the red dots on the bright crater (see image). Diego_pmc ^Talk 11:08, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Crater detail edit 1 left, edit 2 right

Promoted Image:Phobos colour 2008.jpg MER-C 23:58, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]