Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Saturn

Saturn

The picture reminds me of that image of Coruscant I like, showing (apparently contradictory) day and night sides at the same time. It has some nice touches like the way the ring shadow falls on the planet and how the only clearly lit part of the globe is the twilight band. If someone's never seen something like this before it may take a few seconds to "get it", so it might invite readers to "think". Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nominated by: Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 10:53, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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To me it's an inferior version of the recently promoted , though having said which it does offer a different perspective from 'above', which gives a better view of the rings. I find the almost pure whiteness of Saturn itself a bit harsh and offputting, but it looks like this was done in order to get proper exposure on the rings. It may be worth a try (but it would have been nice if you'd offered some reasons to start with Wow, I was sleepy.. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 05:30, 10 January 2008 (UTC)). --jjron (talk) 12:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What you find harsh I find beautiful. Anyway it's a new perspective on the same-old space probe images like the one you mentioned. Butterscotch Saturn is has been done over and over (though both show very fine ring detail). Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 05:30, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to feel very strongly about it; if so, by all means nominate it at FPC, you don't have to wait for the approval of anyone here. By no means am I suggesting it's a hopeless cause, in fact I suspect it would do quite well. But just be aware that it will be compared to existing Saturn FP images. --jjron (talk) 07:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC) (Just noticed - if you do nominate at FPC can I suggest you tone down the caption a little; I don't think Saturn can be regarded as "blazing" in any true sense of the word. --jjron (talk) 07:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC))[reply]

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