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File:International Space Station star trails - JSC2012E039800.jpg, featured[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 17 Mar 2021 at 19:59:20 (UTC)
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Star trails and light-on-Earth trails composite image created by International Space Station Expedition 30 crew member Don Pettit
— Me: "Interesting and beautiful. I wonder where the camera is fixed for this shot. I always thought there would be a lot of vibrations on the station from different vents, pumps etc and steady long exposure shots would not be doable."
— Cmdr: "It's mounted on a bracket in the Cupola. Station is big enough to dampen most of the vibrations you mention."
In some of the shots you can see the interior of the Cupola. --Cart (talk) 19:42, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Cart Thank You, I really enjoyed this. --Gnosis (talk) 01:37, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 23 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:42, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Astronomy#Sky
  • As the uploader of the nominated image, I support the nomination mildly, but suggest two superior pictures from the same set of 36 pictures.
The first alternative has the virtue of showing a view readily recognisable by those who appreciate star trail pictures: the scene shows circular star trails centred on Polaris. Many terrestrial star trail images show this Polaris-centred view and it is apt to nominate this space-based version of the conventional scene.
But I am more excited to propose the more thrilling alternative image which contains two spacecraft dangling from the space station; which contains light trails on the planet as well as out in the cosmos; and which portrays an exciting kinetic pictorial dynamism, angled composition, and a more dazzling abstract lightshow composed of light streaks on the earth. Of the 36 pictures I uploaded, this one strikes me as being easily the most impressive aesthetic offering. I nominate this superior image as my favoured alternative.
​May I note, in conclusion, that a statement included, above, as part of the original nomination, states: "Voting period ends on 17 Mar 2021 at 19:59:20 (UTC)." Ikan Kekek rather jumped the gun by closing the nomination three days early, which leaves my alternative proposal annoyingly moot. O'Dea (talk) 10:45, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No it doesn't, O'Dea. Please feel free to nominate those photos! And to explain why the voting period ended early: When there are at least 10 votes to support a nomination for Featured Picture and no opposing votes, the time for consideration is cut short by the bot. This is a feature, not a bug. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:50, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This so-called "feature" contradicts the statement at the head of the nomination that the "Voting period ends on 17 Mar 2021." That is a bug-of-factual-contradiction (or error), not a feature. O'Dea (talk) 10:54, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Eh. It's true that line could use a qualifier like "see COM:FPC for exceptions," but the point is that even if we reopen it, there's no chance of this not being featured, or of it being replaced with something different. Best route is, as Ikan says, just nominate any others you think are better. They're sufficiently different that if people agree they're better, they will likely be supported. Personally, I prefer this one to either of those (which isn't to say I'd oppose). — Rhododendrites talk |  16:13, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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