Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2013 at 23:19:58 (UTC)

Original – Typical view of Joshua Tree National Park with impressive rocks and Johshua trees (Yucca brevifolia). The photo is taken from the parking lot close to the Banana Cracks Formation

Reason: Attractive, crisp, good colours... easily meets the criteria
Articles in which this image appears: Joshua Tree National Park, Yucca brevifolia,
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Tuxyso

Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:19, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support another great work by Tuxyso. J Kadavoor J e e 02:12, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm curious about the word choice, when you say "Typical view of Joshua Tree National Park"... because to me it's exactly the opposite. The "typical" view is what I've always seen: Joshua Trees at sunset, with or without U2 bandmembers standing about. I had no idea there were any jutting rock formations there. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:37, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Considering eight of the first ten Google results have rock formations (and one that doesn't is a map), I think "typical" is appropriate. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:43, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, I had no idea and sadly skipped visiting it in the past because of my misconception. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 01:24, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support an interesting view for me. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 10:29, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's a nice image. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:09, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not sure I agree with using the phrase "typical view" to describe an image even if it is typical, even though I can't think of anything better to call it. That being said it is a high quality and illustrative image. Cat-five t c ---- 02:29, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to edit the caption; The author and me are not native English speakers. :) J Kadavoor J e e 04:02, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Per your suggestion I edited the caption. I copied more information from the image description page which gives it more context. Cat-five t c ---- 21:10, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Thanks for the nomination and friendly words. Why "typical"? If you take a look on the maps provided by the National Park Service you can see that geology and rock formations play an important role in the park. The Joshua Trees are not the stars there but the trees combined with the nice desert landscape with its rocks. Joshua Trees are not that seldom - you find a lot of them also far away from the park. @Keraunoscopia. The park is definitely worth a visit - I really enjoyed my time there. Unfortunately a fews hours later a strong thunderstorm was approaching and we had to leave fast due to the risk of flash floods. --Tuxyso (talk) 07:34, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 20:31, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bellus Delphina ^talk 04:22, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Joshua Tree National Park 2013.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:53, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]