I've looked all over and I can't find this image on the commons. That amazes me. This is a photograph of a sunsent on Mars, taken May 19th, 2005 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover: Spirit at Gusev crater. This image was taken from JPL. Semiconscious (talk · home) 07:44, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
That strikes me as odd as well. I really like this photograph because I know what it is, but not necessarily for the composition or content itself (though I do think it's rather pretty, but I'm partial to desert landscapes). Does that make this worthy of featured picture status? Is a featured picture a featured picture for the image, or for what it shows and represents? Anyway, I guess we let the votes decide. Semiconscious (talk · home) 15:50, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support - a great image. Wasn't there also a photo of the sunset taken by the first Mars lander? If so, then maybe this image's description should include a link to it for comparison. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 11:51, 25 August 2005 (UTC) Viking's sunset I found it and uploaded it to the Commons (shown on the right). This image seems to have started a tradition of getting sunset shots with every mission, with the featured picture candidate being the latest example. Maybe the Viking image deserves to be featured too? But, the quality is not quite as good as modern digital cameras.;) (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 12:44, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm just such an "idea" rather than "art" kind of person; I can see how visually this is relatively "unremarkable" as you say. However, in my mind everything represented by this photograph, the ideas inherent to its existance, are wholly astounding. Semiconscious (talk · home) 21:48, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose it's basically just a white spot in the middle of a dark area. I don't like voting for a picture just because of the symbolism or the idea behind it while the picture itself is not that great. -- Gorgo23:26, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
the rover is in the middle of a very big crater (Gusev), at the horizon there are the borders of the crater where the sun is seting, and the pic is taken within the giant crater in a small hill. It is a great pic. Can you make one like that? Same place during the day: Image:Cratera_Gusev.jpg -PedroPVZ01:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
actually I don't see all these things you just told me if I just look at the picture, the foreground is way to dark and the sky takes too much space (although it's quite nice). ... And I could just make a picture with terragen (something like this [1]) and make it quite dark and unremarkable ;) -- Gorgo01:46, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
try regullating the colours, darkness, bright and contrast, of your monitor. Some monitors are delivered with a small application specifically for too dark images. --PedroPVZ02:40, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Nominate
Support Semiconscious (talk · home) 07:44, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
Oppose--Shizhao 12:29, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
Neutral -- Get_It (Talk) 16:41, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
![[1]](http://www.markta.co.uk/terragen/images/planet3.jpg){kind=link}
