Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Rita

 * Reason:shows a well-defined storm in the Gulf of Mexico
 * Articles this image appears in:Hurricane Rita
 * Creator:NASA


 * Support as nominator *****Elena85******User:Elena85/2008cyclone 22:46, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Again?! You just nominated this two weeks ago and it didn't get promoted. Featured_picture_candidates/Rita 2005-09-21 1610Z.jpg --Dschwen 23:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * A few editors suggested posting one at a time. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 02:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Support This is what a hurricane picture ought to look like, IMO. Centered, crisp, and the visible landmass gives some impression of the storms immense scale. A major hurricane in a particularly harsh season. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 02:29, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Question What are the red boxes visible at full resolution? --Uncle Bungle (talk) 02:29, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I suspect they're "thermal anomalies" detected by the MODIS Rapid Response System - inconsistencies in the infrared and thermal infrared bands. There's a bit more info here.  Time3000 (talk) 13:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Support Shows a well defined storm that compares to the Gulf of Mexico Moonlight567 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joan97 (talk • contribs) 19:55, 27 March 2008 (UTC)  . Might as well just strike this vote as Elena and Joan seem to be the same person. --Dschwen 15:57, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * And you'd be right. MER-C 03:11, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't understand the motivation for someone to resort to sock puppetry for something as uncontroversial as an FP for a hurricane. Recommend suspend and report as sock puppet. Comments? --Uncle Bungle (talk) 03:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Refer here. --jjron (talk) 03:23, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 08:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)