Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lake Qadisiyah

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Original – Lake Qadisiyah, the reservoir created by the Haditha Dam, as seen from the International Space Station

Support as nominator – MER-C 17:02, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It does not have the correct orientation. Is Google Maps wrong? There appears to be much more water than in this image. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:01, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Water levels are indeed lower in this image - there is an area of paler rock surrounding the lake that will be flooded if the reservoir were full. Google Maps depicts lakes and reservoirs as always full, even if it's a dry salt lake. MER-C 10:18, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Google Earth shows it full too. Perhaps an FP should show the dam full? Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:04, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dam reservoirs go up and down over time, that's one of the primary reasons for building a dam (the other being electricity generation). I think this image is just fine by itself, it shows a nominal level, it shows the sediments accumulated on the banks. Also, this not being a map or a diagram, there is no need for a particular orientation, it's just a photograph. Bammesk (talk) 03:49, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – EV and sourced to NASA with a capture date. Bammesk (talk) 02:08, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 15:49, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.4% of all FPs} 16:47, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 15:49, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support here's the ~~fifth~~ sixth. --Janke | Talk 13:52, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:ISS-45 StoryOfWater, Colors Patiently Swirl - Haditha Dam Lake.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:04, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]