Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Trinity nuclear test, 1945

The Trinity nuclear test, 1945

 * Reason:An icon of the Atomic Age. I recently uploaded a larger version, which is probably why this photo hasn't been nominated before. The New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe has a print of this photo on permanent display, and I've spent a long time studying it there (and here). The WWI German helmet shape; the One-Eye Monster; Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.... An amazing photograph, taken under extraordinary conditions. Berlyn Brixner was the photographer, and some details are on his page. This edit is by  User:Jjron, who helped clean up this historic image -- thanks, jjron.
 * Articles this image appears in:
 * Trinity (nuclear test)
 * 20th century
 * Los Alamos National Laboratory
 * Robert Oppenheimer
 * List of states with nuclear weapons
 * Picture peer review/Trinity explosion, 1945 not quite an article


 * Creator:Berlyn Brixner


 * Support as nominator --Pete Tillman (talk) 05:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. Iconic, indeed, and top enc. Good quality considering it's from a 16 mm film frame.--Janke | Talk 10:06, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Iconic and well-restored.--HereToHelp (talk to me) 13:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Nice picture, very encyclopedic. Spencer  T♦C 13:49, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Does it for me. Durova Charge! 16:46, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support, excellent historic and enc. value. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2008-05-24 17:02Z
 * Support per Janke. Mfield (talk) 21:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per high EV. Crassic ! (talk) 22:15, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support High ev, good quality, very interesting, unique and informative Capital photographer (talk) 08:08, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Support - incredibly encylopaedic, amazing image. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 12:24, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Support. It's and incredible image, and I'd support even for the Oppenheimer reference in the nomination. Nautica Shad es  02:28, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Support Amazing image,illustrates the subject nicely,good quality,etc.--Fireaxe888 (talk) 09:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Absolutely support, indeed very encyclopedic one. M.K. (talk) 16:09, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

MER-C 09:20, 30 May 2008 (UTC)