Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Operation Crossroads Baker Edit.jpg

File:Operation Crossroads Baker Edit.jpg, featured

Voting period ends on 30 Jul 2009 at 10:36:55

•  Info created by US Department of Defense - uploaded by Victorrocha - nominated by Sarcastic ShockwaveLover -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 10:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Info A simply stunning shot of the immediate aftermath of the Crossroads Baker atomic test. The level of detail is amazing, as is the size and quality. Must be viewed in full to appreciate it.
•  Support -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 10:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support WoW. Superb!--Tired time (talk) 11:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Strong support Wow. What a picture! -- JovanCormac (talk) 11:22, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support ! —kallerna™ 12:57, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --Paris 16 (talk) 14:09, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose this version has more wow kidding :))  Support of course --AngMoKio (talk) 14:35, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support   ■ MMXX^talk  15:06, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --kaʁstn 15:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Bad Karma   • Richard • [®] • 16:07, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Olivier Jaulent (talk) 18:47, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Wow - nice. But I hope, that nobody on this planet will see something like that in reality in future! --Karel (talk) 19:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 20:28, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Very powerfull, made me read several of the related articles right away. --Slaunger (talk) 21:47, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --Aqwis (talk) 22:55, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support →Diti the penguin — 22:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support A wonderful illustration of human ignorance. A great picture of a colossal mistake. "Oh boy, we can split the atom, now let's blow shit up" --Calibas (talk) 01:10, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
  •  Comment If it's a 'colossal mistake' you're after, w:Castle Bravo might just interest you. :P Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 10:53, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support per high historical value. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:55, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Info For those that are interested, I've found some more pictures, which may give a clearer explanation of what happened. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 10:35, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
  • An artificially coloured version of the above
  • An overhead view of the blast
  • Immediatly after the blast
  • Ship names and positions
  • A divers sketch of the USS Saratoga, sunk in the blast
  • A painting of the IJNS Nagato, a target ship
•  Support An all time classic of human prowess and foolishness... --Tomascastelazo (talk) 15:12, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support – Ernie (talk) 08:38, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Fascination of evil -- Ukuthenga (talk) 23:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support WOW --Alchemist-hp (talk) 19:10, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
•  Support--Two+two=4 (talk) 03:41, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

result: 22 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Maedin\talk 18:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)