Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cyclone Gafilo.jpg

Cyclone Gafilo


Satellite image of Cyclone Gafilo. Amongst the feature pictures, we don't have any good, straight-from-above pic of a tropical cyclone. Catarina pic is good, but we should also have a high-res feature photo from powerful cyclone showing the structure more clearly. Wikimedia Commons has similar feature pic about Hurricane Dennis, but this one is clearly better, showing great eye detail and more symmetrical spiral bands. Plus, it's a pretty pic and kinda ominous with huge cyclone next to hapless Madagascar.


 * Nominate and support. --Mikoyan21 21:06, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Very big and very clear.  I wish NASA wouldn't always draw in the lines around landforms, but can't do much about that, and they seem (unusually) subtle on this image anyway. bcasterline t 00:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Nice and clear L e idiot 12:33, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol support vote.png|15px]] Strong Support - Great! I love it - very clear, illustrative, big resolution, good colours. I don't mind the outline of Madagascar - it's non-intusive, doesn't show up in the thumbnail and shows clearly the size and position of the cyclone. You have my full support. &mdash;Vanderdecken&there4; &int;  &xi;  &phi;   17:50, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Very detailed. Uncanny, that eye... --Janke | Talk 17:52, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * . extremely detailed.. that's a good camera. a very good camera.   drumguy  8800  -  speak  04:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Support, I love the high resolution. -- BWF89 22:12, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Amazing resolution! Excelent detail. A perfect image.--Pharaoh Hound 12:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Super NASA Support – Images like this are simply out of reach of amateur photographers (obviously!). You gotta spend billions of dollars to get the absolute best.  -- Cyde Weys  23:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. While the image shows the structure of the cyclone pretty clearly, I think it fails to illustrate the article, because the Philipines are nowhere to be seen. I think it looks too much like other cyclone FPs. - Mgm|(talk) 09:42, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment There is very clear reason why Philippines are nowhere to be seen in the picture...besides, Wikipedia has only two FP's on tropical cyclones, both of which are rather different, so I respectfully disagree.--Mikoyan21 11:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The Philippines are on the other side of the Indian Ocean, and this particular cyclone did not approach them. bcasterline t 23:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. NASA Rox. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:43, 8 May 2006 (UTC)