Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Grand canyon of Yellowstone and Yellowstone fall

Grand canyon of Yellowstone and Yellowstone fall

edit 1 - Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Fall at Yellowstone National Park

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original - Grand Canyon and Yellowstone Fall at Yellowstone National Park

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The canyon is up to 900 feet deep (275 m) and a half mile (0.8 km) in width.The canyon below the Lower Yellowstone Falls was at one time the site of a geyser basin that was the result of rhyolite lava flows, extensive faulting, and heat beneath the surface (related to the hot spot). The rhyolite in the canyon contains a variety of different iron compounds. Exposure to the elements caused the rocks to change colors. The rocks are, in effect, oxidizing; the canyon is rusting. The colors indicate the presence or absence of water in the individual iron compounds. Most of the yellows in the canyon are the result of iron present in the rock rather than sulfur]]

Reason

Hihg resolution image, which shows how Yellowstone NP got its name.

Articles this image appears in

Yellowstone National Park;Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Creator

Mbz1

• Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 04:37, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
• Comment Fantastic location. I can't help suspecting it's oversharpened, though. Could you explain why only the CS3 information is available in the metadata, and not your camera data? Durova^Charge! 17:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

  Here's the original image: File:Yellowstone canyon not post processed image.jpg. My metadata and my camera data sometimes is lost in one of my photo shops. I do not remember everything I've done with the image, but I do not recall sharpening it.Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:42, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

• Comment. The edit seems a little oversaturated. Was it really that color? NauticaShades 22:18, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
• comment has this image been nominated before? de Bivort 22:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
  • It was withdrawn: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The colors of Yellowstone canyon. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
    • Not this image. I uploaded a new version yesterday.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:12, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted . --The Nordic Goddess Kristen ^{Worship her} 03:27, 17 January 2009 (UTC)