Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lake Qadisiyah

Lake Qadisiyah
Voting period ends on 12 Mar 2019  at 17:02:55 (UTC)
 * Reason:Decent quality satellite photo featured on Commons.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Lake Qadisiyah, Haditha Dam
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
 * Creator:NASA/Kjell Lindgren


 * Support as nominator – MER-C 17:02, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Google Earth shows it full too. Perhaps an FP should show the dam full? Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:04, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * 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)


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

--Armbrust The Homunculus 18:04, 12 March 2019 (UTC)