Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cosmic Microwave Background

Cosmic Microwave Background edit

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Original - The Cosmic Microwave Background temperature fluctuations from the 7-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data seen over the full sky. The average temperature is 2.725 Kelvin (degrees above absolute zero; absolute zero is equivalent to -273.15 C or -459 F), and the colors represent the tiny temperature fluctuations, as in a weather map. Red regions are warmer and blue regions are colder by about 0.0002 degrees.

Reason: Arguably one of the most important images ever created for our understanding of the universe.
Articles in which this image appears: Big Bang
Cosmic microwave background radiation
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
Template:Physical cosmology
Timeline of the Big Bang
Baryon acoustic oscillations (note this specifically uses the 5 year image since a source uses it)
FP category for this image: Sciences/Astronomy
Creator: NASA / WMAP Science Team

Support as nominator --— raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 19:00, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I noticed File:WMAP 2008.png is a FP as well, so this probably should be a delist & replace... *sigh* — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 19:10, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn created a delist & replace... — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 19:27, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]