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
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]

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