Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Milton 2
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- Reason
- Quality image of Hurricane Milton at its peak
intensitycategory (Category 5) over the Gulf of Mexico in October 2024. We have very few hurricane FPs that show the curvature of Earth. This shows it and I think that's a plus. This was shot from the International Space Station. The control arm on top helps establish the viewing angle/location. The image is noisy, but I think the high pixel count more or less makes up for it. - Articles in which this image appears
- Hurricane Milton
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
- Creator
- NASA/Michael Barratt
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 23:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Underwhelming, IMO. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:33, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- Weak support – The problem with taking pictures out the window of the ISS is the same as with taking them out the window of an airplane; there's always going to be at least a little schmutz and optical interference from the glass. That said, I think the hurricane itself looks pretty good. Moonreach (talk) 18:24, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Neutral – It is a good shot, don't get me wrong, but the tropical cyclone had a clouded eye and was not at its peak intensity when this image was taken. I do not believe this is a good example of a tropical cyclone and would not want it as the lead image of Tropical cyclone. ZZZ'S 23:48, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Fair point, the source says this photo was shot at its peak category (cat 5), not peak intensity. Bammesk (talk) 16:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 23:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)