Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fumarole on Vulcano

 
Original - A fumarole is an opening in Earth's crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen sulfide. Shown here on Vulcano is a solfatara, a fumarole that is emitting sulfurous gases.
Reason
A fantastic illustration of a solfatara. Vibrant, and interesting, showing deposits of sulphur crystals around the vent. Though it is regrettably slightly fuzzy in full view, it is still detailed and I feel little is lost.
Articles in which this image appears
Fumarole, Vulcano, Fire and brimstone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Brisk g

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:45, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]