Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cyclone Catarina seen from the ISS

Cyclone Catarina seen from the ISS

Cyclone Catarina in a picture taken from the ISS

Image of Cyclone Catarina taken by the Astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Previously, a hurricane image was rejected as an FP because it was an image created by a computer, but this is the real deal. Simply put: beautiful. Just look at the amazing detail, such as the shadows of the clouds cast onto the ocean.

Nominate and support. - tomf688^<TALK> 06:30, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
Support. I'm lost for words! Thelb4 10:46, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Previous candidate with the space station in the foreground was distracting, this one is good. -- Chris 73 Talk 12:11, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
Support - great picture - Adrian Pingstone 20:38, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose.. Maybe if the eye were more centered and the entire storm was in the field of view. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 03:27, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support: spectacular. Raven4x4x 09:54, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
Oppose-- It just doesn't do a good job of showing the storm as a whole. I still like the other one better, despite the fact that a part of the space station was in the photo. TomStar81 02:46, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'm not really sure what you mean by the storm not being shown "as a whole". Check this satellite image which seems to have been taken at around the same time; unless you want the clouds that continue for hundreds of miles, I'm not sure how much better it could be. --tomf688^<TALK> 03:14, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

The satellite picture is more of what I look for in a hurricane, it looks more authentic to me, and in my opinion it does a much better job of illistrating Hurricane. TomStar81 01:32, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Great cloud coverage. --ZeWrestler ^Talk 03:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support, we'll probably never have another chance to get a picture of a hurricane in the Southern Atlantic again. At least not from this perspective anytime soon. Tito xd 07:06, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image: Cyclone Catarina from the ISS on March 26 2004.JPG TomStar81 04:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]