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File:2012 Transit of Venus from SF.jpg, featured[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 24 Jun 2012 at 15:54:55 (UTC)
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Info created by Mbz1 - uploaded by Mbz1 - nominated by Kooritza -- Kooritza (talk) 15:54, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Support -- Kooritza (talk) 15:54, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Neutral -- It's a nice comparison of Venus & Earth with the Sun, but I don't see anything very special with the image. TrebleSeven (talk) 17:31, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- Kooritza, thanks for nominating my image!
- TrebleSeven, this image is not just special. It is very special. Transit of Venus happens two times (within 8 years span) with more than 100 years interval in between. So, if you missed this one, you will probably see none in your life time. This is not only a very interesting and a rare astronomical event, but it has an interesting history too.
- About my image itself. From the ones that are on wikipedia now, my image is not the best (NASA images taken from satellites are better), but at least for now it is probably the best white light filter image taken from the Earth.--Mbz1 (talk) 18:25, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support after the explanation above. Jkadavoor (talk) 03:14, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support -- Yiyi (talk) 11:37, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support Although I'd really like to support a satellite picture of this event too. --Ximonic (talk) 01:53, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Request
Comment I would oppose if I could for one very important reason. I like the picture but the comparison between Earth and Venus size is misleading as it leads the viewer to think it also extends to the Sun's size! I think it confused TrebleSeven already. If the size of the Sun was to be compared with Earth and Venus than the planet's size would be about a third of the apparent size of Venus crossing the Sun. I strongly suggest to remove the Earth and Venus picture or to put it on the same scale as the Sun.--G Furtado (talk) 23:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)- OK, I agree you might be right and for some readers it could be confusing, and besides why to spoil my beautiful image with an insert by NASA :-) Anyway I removed the insert.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:27, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support Tomer T (talk) 07:47, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support Gildir (talk) 14:23, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 18:51, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support--David1010
08:25, 22 June 2012 (UTC) - Support Much better without the insert IMO. --Avenue (talk) 11:53, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support Well executed. As there is no EXIF it would be valuable if further details about the equipment used and conditions were added to the file page. Like lens, aperture, camera, approximate location and when. --Slaunger (talk) 14:35, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
- Right. I uploaded a new version of the image with EFIX data in. I added to the image description more details on how it was taken and post-processed. I also added approximate coordinates of the camera location.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:50, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Astronomy
