Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 13 load on deck

Edit 1 - Apollo 13 Command module being successfully recovered after its crew survived a critical malfunction en route to the Moon.

Original - Command module being loaded onto deck of the USS Iwo Jima

Reason: The image meets the criteria for resolution, even as a historic photograph (1970). I'm not familiar with the technical issues that FPC usually gets into, but from my novice viewpoint, it seems like a very clear, well-constructed, informative photograph. Its impressiveness is amplified by the fact that it is a color photograph in 1970, for which I would have expected much lower quality.; Its encyclopedia value is strong: it is the only exterior photograph of the Command Module in the article, so it uniquely illustrates a major component of the topic (for instance, lots of people around to illustrate relative size, etc. to allow the reader to visualize it). Apollo 13 endured a major spaceflight malfunction that put the lives of the astronauts in jeopardy, and so the fact that they managed to return is remarkable; and this is an image of the vessel in which they survived. It that sense, the gravity of the event being illustrated is all the greater.; This image was seconded at Picture Peer Review (Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Apollo 13 load on deck), and the image being nominated is Edit 1, which crops out the blurred foreground at the bottom.
Articles this image appears in: Apollo 13; Space accidents and incidents (I just added it there myself)
Creator: NASA photograph, public domain

Support as nominator --Dylan (talk) 17:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very interesting, especially with all the visible damage to the module.--ragesoss (talk) 18:17, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support Top enc, but needs a better caption. Also, AFAIK, the "damage" has nothing to do with the Apollo 13 explosion, all capsules look like this when they are hoisted aboard (it's the heat from re-entry). If this capsule had been damaged, the crew wouldn't have had a chance... This should be reflected in the caption, in order to avoid misunderstandings like above. --Janke | Talk 18:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, this particular vehicle was not where the explosion took place. That is clear in context in Apollo 13, so I don't think the caption needs anything there; I've changed the caption in Space accidents and incidents to avoid suggesting that the command module was where the explosion was. Dylan (talk) 18:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support edit 1 high ev. Durova^Charge! 19:15, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Support edit 1 with new caption. Great quality photo for the era. Wadester16 (talk) 21:54, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit one. Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 1 for its quality and historical value. Oppose bell bottoms Fletcher (talk) 00:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A good photo with good EV. Mostlyharmless (talk) 10:48, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per above.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 21:12, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good quality and EV. A lot of "wow", as well. NauticaShad es 13:41, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Apollo13-load on deck crop1.jpg MER-C 09:53, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]