Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Soyuz Launch

Soyuz Launch

 * Reason:High resolution, stunning contrast, very encyclopedic, the man in the lower right side gives the image scale. Heat from the rocket causes distortion of the launch apparatus, helps demonstrate the large amount of heat that is generated a launch.  It is also some what ironic, that a rocket that was originally designed to deliver nuclear warheads to the USA, has the American flag on it.
 * Articles this image appears in:Soyuz TMA-9, Soyuz 2 rocket, Soyuz FG
 * Creator:NASA/Expedition 14


 * Support as nominator &mdash; Chris H 16:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support The only thing I find wrong is that the bottom is somewhat unclear; other than that, an amazing pic! --Gabycs 16:37, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * comment the man cannot give scale, because in order to do so, he would have to be as far from the camera as the rocket is. I don't think a person would want to be in that position. Debivort 19:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh come on, give the guy some credit, he's risking this life for Wikipedia. I think if that rocket were to blow, he would be a siscobob.Chris H 19:16, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It may be one of the few times he gets to get warm during the year. Let me put it this way. If I lived in russia, I'd take a flaming rocket over a burning oil drum any day. -Fcb981 05:34, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think you want to say Shish Kebab right?


 * comment on the question of scale, remember that within the nose of the rocket there's a Soyuz spacecraft that carries a crew of 3! thomasfly 5 Feb 2009 —Preceding undated comment was added at 19:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC).
 * support a bit grainy, but clealy a short exposure time is required. The middle/top third of the rocket sure looks jury rigged - I expect to see some duct tape in there. Debivort 19:57, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Nice picture... as for scale and the man, it is hard to judge in the thumbnail as by Debivort's comment, but my brain seems to fill in the missing information for scaling given the full sized picture with grass visible. J     Are you green? 20:20, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow! Jumping cheese's picture completely threw me off. That shuttle is about 1.5 times as big as I had though!. Still a great picture, though. J     Are you green? 20:12, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

*Strong Support for the pic that isn't for votingChickitychina`1`1 00:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC) Irrelevant Comment Striked unless User wants to change his comments... Booksworm Talk to me! 16:30, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Question - Isn't Soyuz Russian? then why does it have the American flag here? wierd. --Arad 01:13, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * My guess is that this is a launch for the International Space Station. If you look to the left of the American flag you will see white over blue over red which is the flag of the Russian Federation.  So, there are probably flags from all of the constituent elements around the tip. gren グレン 03:12, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * you're right ;-) --Arad 03:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Contrast with Image:Space Shuttle Columbia launching.jpg: the launch site is out in the middle of nowhere, the launch vehicle is smaller and, as someone mentioned above, much more haphazard looking, and there's a guy right there, which would be unheard of at an American launch.--HereToHelp 01:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, nice, and cool location... and, I'd like to stand that close to a rocket launch too. gren グレン 03:12, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Ooooo...pretty. However, the man standing near the launch does not give an accurate sense of scale (I know Debivort already touch upon the subject of scale, but I'll elaborate on it). The person actually distorts the sense of scale. From what I can see, the pic was taken from a hill over looking the launch. The person is also standing on the hill, rather far from the launch pad. He will probably still be toast if the rocket explodes, but he's much father than perceived. With the person as a sense of scale, the rocket looks no higher than 50 feet tall (the rocket is only about as tall as the person stacked seven times), when in fact it's over 150 feet tall. That's one-third the actual size. The caption should note that, so the pic doesn't distort the actual size of the rocket.  Jumping cheese   Cont @ct 06:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Take a look at the pic on the right for an accurate sense of scale.  Jumping cheese   Cont @ct 07:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Although this is not the most important article on Wikipedia, the picture is stunning and very high quality. It is a very good picture in my opinion, worthy of a featured article. Matt. P 21:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Nay Chickitychina`1`1 00:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Please elaborate opposes. J     Are you green? 01:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ummm... That's not up for voting... J     Are you green? 01:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Amazing picture Booksworm Talk to me! 16:30, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose because of misleading perspective, giving the wrong impression of scale. Crop out the person at right, and I'll gladly support. --Janke | Talk 11:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Even if he doesn't give a good since of scale, he does demonstrate how Russian launches are different from American and shouldn't be edited.Chris H 14:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support because it so clearly shows the distinct exhaust plumes from the smaller, "vernier" combustion chambers located to the left and right of the main exhaust plume. (See image at right showing the combustion chamber nozzles.) (Sdsds - Talk) 06:44, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Support Oh come on, it's beautiful. Huge image, great contrast and an exellent example of space age technology. Thanks, Bogdan 03:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support per nom et al. Witty Lama 14:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support per nom et al. &mdash; Gaff ταλκ 00:35, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 11:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Just noticed: the caption mentions launches from Guiana Space Centre. Those are planned, but haven't yet happened. (Sdsds - Talk) 04:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Beautiful -- St.daniel Talk 12:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)