Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Ivan from the ISS

Hurricane Ivan from the ISS

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Original – From Commons: As Hurricane Ivan's sustained 200 kilometer per hour winds wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, the swirling eye of the hurricane was photographed on September 11, 2004 from aboard the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) at an altitude of about 230 miles.

Reason

Ivan was a major hurricane and news story in 2004. This is a good shot of a cyclonic eye from above; I believe the parts of the ISS you can see make for an interesting juxtaposition. While the file has some imperfections at full magnification, remember that it's a 20-year-old digital photo. I tracked down and uploaded NASA's original version (minus the white bar at the bottom with the number string) so we could have the best quality copy. If it passes, this would be a good candidate for featured picture this September 11th, since that will be the image's 20th anniversary.

Articles in which this image appears

Hurricane Ivan, Meteorological history of Hurricane Ivan

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather

Creator

"Edward Fincke, Expedition 9 Crew, International Space Station, NASA"; originally uploaded by Dodo, reuploaded by me, Moonreach.

• Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 14:15, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - Panels from ISS obscure much of image. – Sca (talk) 12:20, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose, per Sca. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:05, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:12, 23 August 2024 (UTC)