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Original – A photograph of the 2024 Greenfield tornado, the strongest tornado during the tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024
Reason
Extremely high EV for one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded, and the third highest wind speed ever measured on earth (Tornado records#Highest winds observed in a tornado). Tornado was also academically studied (Research on tornadoes in 2024#Greenfield tornado) by several organizations. High EV public domain photograph no less as well.
NOTE: The image barely fails the second FP criteria, as it is 2,048 × 1,366 pixels. However, per the criteria, "Exceptions to this rule may be made where justified on a case-by-case basis, such as for historical, technically difficult or otherwise unique images", so this is being nominated under the grounds of an exception to FPC #2.
Articles in which this image appears
List:
  1. 2024 Greenfield tornado
  2. Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024
  3. Tornadoes of 2024
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
Isaac Polanski, uploaded by TornadoLGS
@Crisco 1492:Yes. Per Template:PD-NWS on the Commons. The NWS actually has this clause stated for users submitting images to them: "By submitting images, you understand that your image is being released into the public domain. This means that your photo or video may be downloaded, copied, and used by others". One of the other tornadic Featured Pictures (File:Lincoln, NE EF3 tornado.jpg) is under the same license on the Commons as well. Tons of discussions on the Commons have determined it is valid. To not clog this FPC up, I won't link them all here, but if you want me to, I can link you several discussions on the Commons surrounding the PD-NWS guidelines. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 23:58, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, that works for me. Support. This is an image we'd never be able to take again, and the quality is excellent. When the creator even says that it's one of the few times he's been intimidated by a tornado, we have something special. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:45, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Greenfield IA tornado 2024.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]