Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Phalloidin stained cells

Flourescent phalloidin (red) marking actin filaments in endothelial cells, also showing DNA (blue) and select proteins (green)

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Reason: This remarkable image displays endothelial cells' DNA, proteins and actin filaments in blue, green and red respectively. The red flourescent phalloidin is actually the toxin isolated from the death cap mushroom (often used in cellular imaging for this very purpose). The image presents very little cell crowding/confusion to the eye. It is eerily beuatiful; natural yet alien. One might as easily believe this was taken from the Hubble telescope as from a light microscope.
Articles this image appears in: Phalloidin Cellular biology
Creator: National Institutes of Health [1] (US)
Nominator: István

Support — István 14:11, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Oppose size, resolution, clarity --Bridgecross 15:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Strong Oppose Size. It's beautiful, though, and I'd happily support a larger version. --TotoBaggins 15:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Oppose Same for me - is there a larger version that we could re-evaluate? tiZom_(2¢) 20:01, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- Wow, if you poke around the web for fluorescence microscopy, you find some absolutely gorgeous pics. We can definitely do better than this nom. Look at this series for mitosis: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/fluorescencemitosis/index.html
  - We actually have some right here: Mitosis#Timeline_in_pictures Jack · talk · 14:06, Sunday, 4 February 2007
Oppose, too small. Jorcoga ^(Hi!/Review)00:30, Saturday, 3 February '07
Oppose It must be 1000px in one direction and its about half that. It's best when pictures aren't in jpg format, then you get the best picture.--γιατί ^{Sign Here | ESP.} 03:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Reluctant oppose purely on resolution. —Dgies^t c 08:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
oppose, per above Jack · talk · 14:06, Sunday, 4 February 2007

Not promoted MER-C 07:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)