Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Aerial view of Masada

Aerial view of Masada

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Original – Aerial view of Masada (Hebrew מצדה), located in the Judaean Desert near the Dead Sea and the Jordanian border. The Siege of Masada lasted from 73 to 74 AD and ended with the mass suicide of Sicarii rebel forces.

Reason

High EV, Very high quality, featured on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Masada; Siege of Masada

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 16:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
• Support I agree with Commons FPC comments about the off kilter crop, but honestly, this is probably not an easily repeatable shot, and Wikipedia is downright lucky to have something like this. Good job. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:07, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
• Support per User:Keraunoscopia. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:30, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
• Support per above. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:40, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
• Support Nice detail... Good find, and interesting article... gazhiley 08:45, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Promoted File:Israel-2013-Aerial 21-Masada.jpg -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:04, 13 May 2013 (UTC)