Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Milton 2

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 23:34:49 (UTC)

Reason: Quality image of Hurricane Milton at its peak ~~intensity~~ category (Category 5) over the Gulf of Mexico in October 2024. We have very few hurricane FPs that show the curvature of Earth. This shows it and I think that's a plus. This was shot from the International Space Station. The control arm on top helps establish the viewing angle/location. The image is noisy, but I think the high pixel count more or less makes up for it.
Articles in which this image appears: Hurricane Milton
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: NASA/Michael Barratt

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 23:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Underwhelming, IMO. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:33, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support – The problem with taking pictures out the window of the ISS is the same as with taking them out the window of an airplane; there's always going to be at least a little schmutz and optical interference from the glass. That said, I think the hurricane itself looks pretty good. Moonreach (talk) 18:24, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral – It is a good shot, don't get me wrong, but the tropical cyclone had a clouded eye and was not at its peak intensity when this image was taken. I do not believe this is a good example of a tropical cyclone and would not want it as the lead image of Tropical cyclone. _ZZ^Z 'S 23:48, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point, the source says this photo was shot at its peak category (cat 5), not peak intensity. Bammesk (talk) 16:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]