Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mars North Pole MRO
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This is an aesthetically pleasing image of a very awe inspiring subject - an ice canyon on another planet. It illustrates the layering of the ice cap and shows evidence for the presence of liquid water in a way that text alone could hardly match. It is very high resolution, and free from artifacts. In fact, I downsampled it from an original 4000 x 10000px because the upload seemed unable to handle a 21MB file. It appears in Planum Boreum. Created by NASA so no copyright.
- Nominate and support. - Debivort 06:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Support Per everything above, although it would be good if there was a key of some sort. Leon 11:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- A key to what? I think I've put in all the technical info that comes strictly with the image, but as a HiRISE image it was probably made in visible frequencies, and has sub-meter resolution! Debivort 16:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- You might want to copy and paste the caption here. MER-C 03:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Support very nice. --Bridgecross 14:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. I wouldn't say it is free from artifacts. I noticed a vertical red line about 1/4 of the way across the image. It seems to stretch across the entire image from top to bottom but is more noticable in some places more than others. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Good call. I'll try an edit later tonight. Debivort 01:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- So it seems like some of the CCD elements are variably sensitive, leading to darker or lighter red streaks during the orbital scanning. I guess there won't be much servicing of the instrument, sadly. I did some adjustments to the red channel, and reduced the streakiness, especially in the dark regions. Debivort 02:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Weak oppose, it's a very confusing image and gives me no sense of what I'm looking at. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 00:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Really? Even with the caption? Debivort 01:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Strong Support Per nom. This picture is incredible. Sharkface217 01:18, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Support per nom. MER-C 03:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. Man, we can create a separate article for that caption. Twice as long as the pic? I had to scroll down two screens to read it all ;-). Sometimes less is more. --Dschwen 08:55, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Or just make the pictures wider... --antilived T | C | G 09:10, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Nah, that's too easy ;-) --Dschwen 10:40, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- What I meant was to put the HiROC description on the image page itself. MER-C 12:58, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- Or just make the pictures wider... --antilived T | C | G 09:10, 16 December 2006 (UTC)