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Original – Top view of the Grand Prismatic Spring. The bright colors are produced by thermophiles (a type of extremophile). The orange color is due to carotenoid molecules produced by cyanobacteria and other bacteria [1][2].
Reason
Top view of the Grand Prismatic Spring. Technically not flawless, but good enough IMO, and used in many articles. We do have a FP of this site: here, a low resolution side view used in the infobox of the primary article. I think the higher resolution top view deserves a nomination. FP on Commons. If this nom passes, I will nominate the existing aerial FP for delist.
Articles in which this image appears
Grand Prismatic Spring, Carotenoid, Thermophile, Extremophile, Archaea, Geyser, +5
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Carsten Steger
  • Comment - I'm not sure whether, as the creator of the image, I'm allowed to vote. I would like to comment that currently there is an aerial shot that is rated as an FP. While the present image is not technically flawless, IMO it is an improvement compared to the current aerial shot FP because the colors are closer to reality. Also, I believe the EV of the aerial shot is greater than that of the ground-based shot because the aerial shot allows one to see the inner structure of the spring. --Carsten Steger (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aerial image of Grand Prismatic Spring (view from the south).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:16, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]