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Cumulus Mediocris clouds, as seen from the rear seat of an Airbus A320 at altitude over the midwestern United states.
Reason
This picture captures the essence of being above the clouds, and, being a direct picture of the clouds, depicts the clouds very well, conveying what they are in an encyclopedic and straightforward way. The picture contributes much to the cloud article, where it is the first picture in the article.
Articles this image appears in
cloud, weather, water vapor, sky, cumulus mediocris cloud
Creator
Kulshrax
  • Support as nominatorKulshrax 01:51, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Image does provide a good overview of what clouds are. Doesn't have blown highlights, and shadows are ok; plus, its near impossible to say whether the image is soft in focus, thanks to the fact clouds are inherently fuzzy.Supaluminal 04:05, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I think that the lighting needs to be evened out, then I'll reconsider. SingCal 05:15, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose I’m going to disagree with Supaluminal here — I do think that the image is blurry. It seems strange, since the exposure time was .001 s, but something just appears “off” about everything — either the picture is soft in focus, or looks like it has been upsampled. Also, there’s some banding on the left (darker) side of the picture, which seems a tad underexposed anyway (or maybe it’s just the airplane’s shadow; I don’t know). Either way, I’m still going to have to vote against it. —BrOnXbOmBr21talkcontribs09:10, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think they look odd because they're so dark. Some levels adjustment might help. Adam Cuerden talk 20:46, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Per above --Fir0002 02:15, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 08:59, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]