Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ivy Mike

Ivy Mike nuclear weapon test

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2010 at 05:06:31 (UTC)

**Original** - Nuclear weapon test Mike (yield 10.4 Mt) on Enewetak Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Ivy. Mike was the first hydrogen bomb ever tested, an experimental device not appropriate for use as a weapon.

Reason: Image was previously nominated here

This is a historical image that has incredibly encyclopedic value and is of relatively high quality and of good size considering when the photograph was taken and the subject matter.

Articles in which this image appears: Ivy Mike, Operation Ivy, Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear weapon design, Timeline of nuclear fusion
FP category for this image: Engineering_and_technology
Creator: United States Department of Energy

Support as nominator --Cat-five - talk 05:06, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've corrected what I assume was a typo in the captions - you had "not appropriate for us Ivas a weapon"... Gazhiley (talk) 08:12, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support purely for EV and the fact that there will be no way of reproducing this... Gazhiley (talk) 08:12, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Why the darkness around the outside? Has this been manipulated? Additionally, when/where was this taken (I mean, how long after detonation, from what distance? Boat? Plane? Helicopter?) I would definitely like to support this, but I do have a few questions. J Milburn (talk) 09:34, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The URL listed in the original upload is no longer valid but I found a new location at [1]. Our version doesn't seem to have been altered from the original. There are other photos in the same collection that don't have the darkness issue.--RDBury (talk) 12:46, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article, the detonation was fairly early in the morning. Sunrise may not have taken full effect yet, and the light pulse from the blast may account for the contrast. The other photos of this particular detonation do show similar ambient darkness. bahamut0013^words _deeds 20:50, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Wow.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:18, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice image. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 09:32, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Has the big wow factor and super strong EV. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 05:22, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This definitely fits the criteria for FP, & I'm kind of surprised this wasn't nominated (again) earlier. Amphy (talk) 06:51, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Clearly. Doug (talk) 23:58, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:IvyMike2.jpg --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:45, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]