Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Halifax Explosion Aftermath

Halifax Explosion

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Original – This may be the only photograph of the remnants of Halifax Explosion itself reportedly taken 15-20 seconds after the explosion. Indications are that it was taken at Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from approximately a mile's distance looking southeast.

Reason

Photographed here is the aftermath of what is largely considered one of the largest (if not the largest) man made non-nuclear explosion in human history: the Halifax Explosion, which annihilated the ammunition ship SS Mont Blanc and leveled a sizable portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia. This is not quite up to FA standards, its a little short of the size requirements, however in light of the historical significance and the circumstances under which the photograph was taken I'm asking the community for a degree of leniency here.

Articles in which this image appears

Halifax Explosion, Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions, List of meteor air bursts, List of shipwrecks in December 1917

FP category for this image

Probably Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I

Creator

Photographer: unknown. Photo is asserted to PD by virtue of time lapse and changes to the crown copyright law, which are detailed on the image page. Restored version as shown here is courtesy of User:WarBaCoN

• Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 22:32, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
• Neutral - Very striking image, but quality-wise it seems to be from a mass media print source rather than a negative or photographic print. Do we have any information on its provenance?  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:03, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Sorry, but you'd have to ask WarBaCoN about that becuase I simply don't know. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:52, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:51, 2 December 2017 (UTC)