Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Glacial lakes, Bhutan.jpg

Glacial retreat

The termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan-Himalaya. Glacial lakes have been rapidly forming on the surface of the debris-covered glaciers in this region during the last few decades.

Glacial lakes forming as glaciers rapidly recede from the Himalayas. This image clearly shows glacial retreat, and the trasition from ice to water along the way. Each of those long channels is a separate glacial valley. Used in: Geography of Bhutan, Glacier, Glacial motion, Glaciated valley, Himalayas, Global warming.

Nominate and support. — BRIAN0918 • 01:54, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
( + ) Support Good image, but is there a higher res available? --Fir0002 09:41, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I've uploaded a larger version. The problem with the original version is that it has vertical scan line that become very obvious if you try to sharpen the image at all. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-10-29 13:41
  - I just had a look at that original and to be honest I don't see a vertical scan line at all, and I gave it a once-over with unsharp mask... Looks good to me. But I don't think the higher res copy has much detail that the smaller one doesn't have. Diliff 15:38, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very cool. And it's high res enough for me! Enochlau 10:39, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High enough res for me too. Diliff 15:38, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I immediately thought no till I click and saw the larger image. Very cool. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 23:41, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support, very interesting and well taken. Raven4x4x 00:09, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The high res really captures the lakes. Very interesting! Uncke Herb 01:20, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Adds significantly to a number of pages. Just a great image. --Dschwen 22:27, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
This is one great image. Now I want a thousand times more pixels and a flyby of this region, it looks so interesting! — Sverdrup 01:39, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Glacial lakes, Bhutan.jpg Raven4x4x 06:57, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]