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Hurricane Ivan as seen from the International Space Station, September 11 2004
Hurricane Ivan as seen from the International Space Station, September 11 2004

It's a beautiful picture that shows the fury of the storm, how close the space station really is to earth, and is just one of those once-in-a-lifetime shots. It's used on Hurricane Ivan and tropical cyclone and Disaster. PD since it was taken by NASA. Golbez 18:28, May 20, 2005 (UTC)

  • Nominate and support. Golbez 18:28, May 20, 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment: I did not realize it has been nominated twice before, but both were more than six months ago. --Golbez 18:33, May 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support I like the arial view of hurricanes eye. TomStar81 00:32, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Support Interesting view. Informative to most people who have never seen such thing. WB 06:11, May 21, 2005 (UTC)
  • Still oppose. Foreground distracts from cyclone, whose scale is not really understandable from the viewpoint. --Chris 73 Talk 11:11, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
    • If scale is the issue then all you need to do is some math: Calculate Ivan's size on the date the picture was taken, then get the ISS's orbital distance from earth. Due the math and you should end up with a rough scale. TomStar81 07:30, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
      • A Featured Picture should not require one to "due the math". A Featured Picture's message should be transparent. Denni☯ 20:01, 2005 May 28 (UTC)
        • I'm addressing an issue that can be fixed; it is mathamatically possible to deduce the scale of the image, hence that objection should be null and void. TomStar81 01:13, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Support The foreground is part of the picture. Superm401 | Talk 21:20, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - I like the way the sections of the space station almost look like 2 tall buildings, making the hurricane look like a freaky sky out of some movie. (ghost busters comes to mind :p) --Silversmith 23:30, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Support Again, like it when I first saw it come up on FPC, and still like it. --Fir0002 07:37, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose until this image can make up its mind whether it is of Hurricane Ivan or the ISS. Denni☯ 01:18, 2005 May 27 (UTC)
    • It's about both. Without one or the other, the picture isn't worth much. Sum of its parts. There could be a pic of the hurricane from the ISS without the ISS in it, and that might be nice, but with the bits in it, it is a different - not a lesser - picture entirely. --69.228.97.111 18:32, 28 May 2005 (UTC) (Golbez on vacation)
      • Nonsense. The two subjects have nothing whatsoever to do with one another. This picture is a random juxtaposition, and is jarring, not satisfying. Denni☯ 19:48, 2005 May 28 (UTC)
        • I think they have everything to do with each other: How often have you watched the news and gotten a satelite view of the clouds that denote cold fronts and weather patterns. You can't honestly expect me to believe that weather and space have absolutely nothing to do with each other. TomStar81 01:13, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. I too feel that the scale of a cyclone isn't well conveyed by this image, also agree with Denni. -Lommer | talk 23:25, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose - I'd probably like it if the camera could have backed off a bit, but this closeup of a part of the ISS that is obscuring what could have been a good photo of Ivan just does not do justice to either object. - Bevo 20:21, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. - Amazing and unique. If you know the size of the cyclone it gives you an idea of the distance to the space station. If you know the distance to the space station it gives you an idea of the size of the cyclone. Haukurth 15:57, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. The station blocks the cyclone, resulting in a picture that is striking but jumbled. Deltabeignet 03:57, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Support — this is striking because (I think) we on planet Earth tend to think of hurricanes as above us, but this is a reminder that some of us actually live above and look down at them. The ISS gives it context and the context is unusual and striking, I think. --Ds13 19:52, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)
  • Oppose – too cluttered; ISS in foreground, while interesting, hurts this pic. --Spangineer (háblame) 12:08, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - The ISS adds life to the picture, personally. -Hoekenheef 18:33, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose (as I remember doing once before) — Oska 05:16, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support Striking image, nice perspective on our weather systems --tooto 20:21, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose - I like the thumbnail, but looking at the picture full size it doesn't look particularly impressive. Showing more of the world would be nicer. violet/riga (t) 22:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - When I look at the picture, I have the feeling to fall into hurricane's eye! And especially the ISS parts, which are pointed down on earth, are the reason for that --Bricktop 00:37, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment - Unless you read the note that says it's from ISS, it might look as if the photo was taken from Earth. WB 01:40, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - Quite an eyecatching picture. Anish7 15:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Support, striking image. Phoenix2 23:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose, doesn't convey beauty or destructive nature of Ivan, nor give us any appreciation of space station. Just because it has two overlapping & contrasting subjects does not make it interesting or worthy. 199.221.98.4 18:58, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC) (discounting anonymous vote - Solipsist 21:23, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC) (UTC))

Not promoted 13 / 8 / 0 (less than 60% support) --Spangineer (háblame) 12:16, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)