Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/PIA02863 - Jupiter surface motion animation.gif

Cloud motion on Jupiter


The excellent Jupiter image nominated below reminded me of another great animation from Cassini that I had thought about nominating for FPC a while back. Used in Cloud pattern on Jupiter, this animation shows in unprecedented detail the complex motion on Jupiter. It illustrates the article perfectly, and in a way no diagram could convey. The full size image is quite large, although I've uploaded larger files to Commons before :) &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-6 17:10


 * Nominate and support. -  BRIAN  0918 17:10, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Those large specks that quickly appear/disappear are Jupiter's moons, and their shadows on the surface of Jupiter. &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-6 17:13
 * Support Great animation. It's a shame NASA has decided to abandon doing science, because these kinds of things are incredible. –Joke 17:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Well found! ~ Veledan • Talk 17:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support This IS an amazing image! --Janke | Talk 18:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol_neutral_vote.png|15px|Neutral]] Neutral This image is an interesting GIF, but it seems as if all animated GIFs are Featured Pictures. Alvinrune TALK 20:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that rationale just doesn't make any sense. &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-6 20:30
 * No, it doesn't. ZoFreX 20:35, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol_neutral_vote.png|15px|Neutral]] Neutral Image:PIA02863 - Jupiter surface motion animation.gif has great encyclopedic value. The resolution is perfect (taking into mind its large size). However, heavy editing with the frames might help, if possible. Hey! At least I'm not against it. AlvinruneTALK 21:47, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * What do you mean "heavy editing with the frames"??? So far, you have said: 1) it's interesting, 2) it has great encyclopedic value, and 3) the resolution is perfect. But you haven't identified any problems with the image.... &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-7 22:13


 * Support Really cool :) Out of interest how much is this sped up? ZoFreX 20:35, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The entire 14 frames span 24 Jovian rotations. Jupiter has a 10 hour day, so this spans 10 Earth days, roughly, putting each frame at 17 hours intervals, although the caption says the frames are not equally spaced in time. &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-6 20:40
 * To answer your original question, the animation appears to be 1.4 seconds long, so it would be sped up about 600,000 times :) &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-6 23:55
 * Support. — Encephalon 07:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Very illustrative. -- Solipsist 09:17, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. It does a good job of illustrating the article and is also an impressive image. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 11:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Perfect image for the article. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:47, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Very cool lil' gif! Staxringold 03:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know about little... Did you click the image to get the full version? Or maybe you just need to use the sarcasm font in the future :) &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-8 15:58


 * Support. I went to the image page to nominate it, and darn Brian had got there before me! Markyour words 15:06, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Support. Its Awesome!!!! Jayant, 17 Years, India • contribs 14:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Excellent image. sikander 16:04, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Just, wow! —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 11:41, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Incredible Btnheazy03 1:49 AM March 11, 2006
 * Support The best image I've seen so far! Wiki  e Zach|  talk  16:06, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support WOW! Wonderful! Ram32110 19:40, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Really gives you a good idea of how active the weather is. --Lewk_of_Serthic contrib talk 04:24, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

All together now, ~ Veledan • Talk 18:52, 24 March 2006 (UTC)