Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Larsen C ice shelf - 2016 rift

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Original – 2016 rift in the Larsen ice shelf. For full context, see source article: [1]

ALT 1 – cropped version (CSS image crop)

Reason: Quality image of a recent geological event. A rift in Antarctic ice, photographed November 2016, expected to break into an iceberg in 2017. Possibly the first stage of a process that could raise sea levels by 4 inch (10 cm). The airplane engines help establish the viewing angle / position. Good EV, photo is discussed in the article Larsen ice shelf.
Articles in which this image appears: Larsen ice shelf, 2017 in science
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: NASA, photo by: John Sonntag, upload by: User:Melikamp

Support as nominator – prefer original. Bammesk (talk) 03:54, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment- Please select other image where third objects don't distract. --Marvellous Spider-Man 05:04, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I don't necessarily object to seeing the aircraft engines at the side, but the framing of this shot is unfortunate, with the rift also off to one side and too great an expanse of snowy ice on the other. Sca (talk) 14:39, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It is a very rare photograph showing the rift. The quality is not that great as there are some CAs, but the EV is so high that I am willing to overlook those. Nikhil (talk) 03:58, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The engines are not right for this type of photo. There must surely be a better one somewhere. Also caption is misleading. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:36, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I sourced the caption, please feel free to edit (reword, improve) the caption. Bammesk (talk) 12:28, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How about a vertical crop? Crop out the engine at left, and balance by cropping at right - file is large enough... --Janke | Talk 17:37, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This photo is a documentary so I prefer keeping it as is. (but I have no objection if alternatives are introduced) Bammesk (talk) 12:28, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support I don't mind the aircraft. This photograph was all over the place when they first announced the rift so the EV is exceptional. I don't find much wrong with the quality either. Étienne Dolet (talk) 04:37, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think it would be improved by cropping on the right, to get the rift more or less in the center. Sca (talk) 14:56, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I introduced an alternate. Will create a file version if/when needed. Bammesk (talk) 15:49, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt. 1 – Now we're looking at what we're looking at. Sca (talk) 21:45, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support original pretty much per Etienne: this is probably the best-known photo of this topic, and does a good job of illustrating it. The engines aren't ideal, but do make for an interesting shot. I prefer the original to the crop as it more clearly displays the scale of the rift. Nick-D (talk) 11:23, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support original -- Historical moment. Don't mind the engine. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:25, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support original - better sense of scale with the wide shot. Mattximus (talk) 23:44, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support original - great one! Adityavagarwal (talk) 16:57, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:LarsenC photo 2016315 lrg.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:43, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]