Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Trou au Natron from space

A colour-adjusted image of Trou au Natron from space
Voting period ends on 10 Feb 2024  at 13:17:22 (UTC)
 * Reason:The image shows the appearance of the crater in the arid landscape, emphasizing both the volcanic neighbours and small volcanoes in the crater, which shows white layers of lacustrine deposits.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Trou au Natron
 * FP category for this image: Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
 * Creator:NASA


 * Support as nominator – Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:17, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * There isn't much detail when viewed at full size, compared to more recent satellite photos. Bammesk (talk) 03:41, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Like this one? That image has a lower image quality when closed in, though. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:27, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No, the one you linked to has less pixels per mile. ESA has a version Here but that's also less pixels per mile. I was comparing it to Google Earth's top view. But that's not really a good comparison. Google uses multiple images, lots of processing, and very likely AI sharpening, so the result can be somewhat fake. The nom image has 400 pixels per mile, and per This link that is technically "high resolution". Same as This FP. It's just that the nom image looks soft at full size. Per MER-C, some (or all of it) is because of the original's small file size (449 KB), although I don't see any JPEG artifacts at full size. I sharpened it slightly. And for archiving, I uploaded the original as a separate file. Bammesk (talk) 18:29, 3 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Oppose - too highly compressed, visible JPEG artifacts. MER-C 17:41, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * MER-C can you elaborate on the artifacts. I see softness, but otherwise nothing unusual. Bammesk (talk) 18:30, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Black ground, top right, near the boundary with the lighter ground. MER-C 19:49, 3 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Support – Now, a high quality image. --Ras67 (talk) 14:51, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support – new upload by Ras67. Bammesk (talk) 00:13, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 05:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * In case it is necessary to say it, the new file is even better than the version I nominated, so keeping my support. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:24, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:50, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 12:27, 11 February 2024 (UTC)