Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Missouri fires a missile

Missouri fires a missile
An image I found and uploaded while adding some history the USS Missouri (BB-63) page. I think its striking, impressive, fascinating, and it does much to illistrate the modernization of the Iowa class battleships carried out under the Reagan Administration. This is a self nomination and this is my first time nominating an image for featured article status. TomStar81 02:58, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC) TomStar81 00:02, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Nominate and support TomStar81 02:58, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. The image is used to illustrate articles on the ship, which we can't see properly because of the cropping and the B/W.  The image name is also misspelled. ;) Mark1 05:46, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I am spellologically challenged, and it drives even me nuts! ^_^ TomStar81 05:53, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * You can see the CIWS mounts just fine if you know what to look for. As for the ABL launchers, If you look just past the bridge on the right side of the photo, then look down, there is a big box that is sitting on the lower half of the picture. I believe that box is one of the ABL boxes; unfortunatly there is no article in the Wikipedia that explains how the ABL system works, therefore this is only speculation on my part. I base this assumption off of a picture of Wisconsin that I have saved on my computer that shows the ABL boxes to be in roughly the same position.
 * Yes, the large rectangular box in the bottom right of the picture is an ABL. The ABL that fired this particular missile can't be seen in the photo because it's actually on the other (starboard) side of the ship.  The amidships ABL's fire across the ship - so the ABL you see in the picture is actually "pointing" to the left, across the ship. -B- (USS Missouri, BB-63) --64.65.96.206 23:39, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Support I think its a great photo, shows the missile beautifully. --Fir0002 04:10, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose I find the unfocused cables distracting, as well as that you can't see all of that tower. Junes 22:21, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I have enhanced and sharpened the photo somewhat. This should look better. JoJan 16:48, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't really support this image, but the second one seems a bit too light (sky for example) --jacobolus (t) 23:20, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * support, prefer the first. --SPUI (talk) 08:39, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * NOT Promoted. +3/-2. -- BRIAN 0918  02:07, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

