Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/MODIS Cloud Cover Map

MODIS Cloud Cover Map

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2010 at 09:41:17 (UTC)

Original - MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a payload scientific instrument launched into Earth orbit by NASA in 1999 on board the Terra (EOS AM) Satellite, and in 2002 on board the Aqua (EOS PM) satellite. Together the instruments image the entire Earth every 1 to 2 days. They are designed to provide measurements in large-scale global dynamics including changes in Earth's cloud cover, radiation budget and processes occurring in the oceans, on land, and in the lower atmosphere.

Reason: Another superb image from NASA. It illustrates the function of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer very well, as well as providing some useful information concerning cloud formation on Earth.
Articles in which this image appears: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Cloud cover, Earth
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Views of Earth from space and satellites
Creator: NASA Earth Observatory

Support as nominator --NauticaShad es 09:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, fantastic. I can't help feeling this would be better off in some other places, as well- Cloud cover, for instance. J Milburn (talk) 10:42, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Done NauticaShad es 13:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support per J MilbernGazhiley (talk) 11:17, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ I oppose virtually any single-use image as having sufficient EV to be an FP. I too believe this image could find a home in other articles such as Cloud cover or Earth, but feel that this has been a lazy nomination in terms of evaluating the benefits of this image to wikipedia. I think that while this is a current high-profile image at FPC, its use on wikipedia should be further evaluated and it should be considered for inclusion in other locations before granting it FP status.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:07, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- No longer single-use, so I don't oppose. Still think it might be appropriate in Earth.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:59, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - EV ≠ Number of articles. Please check the actual Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria, in particular criterion 5, and then read note 2 closely - to quote "An image has more...[EV]...if it contributes strongly to a single article, rather than contributing weakly to many. Adding an image to numerous articles to gain EV is counterproductive and may antagonize both FPC reviewers and article editors". --jjron (talk) 15:07, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - As I said above, Tony, this kind of reasoning is not at all in line with what our FPC criteria are or should be. J Milburn (talk) 15:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - I personally would add this image on the upper right of the Earth#Weather_and_climate section for starters. I do think the nominator has been lazy in terms of determining how to incorporate this high quality image in WP.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        New discussion here. NauticaShad es 16:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        O.K. let's discuss the propriety of adding this image in the upper right of the Earth#Weather_and_climate section.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:22, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        Earth is an FA put together by careful local consensus. I left a note on the talk page in case they wanted to use it, but I'm not going to put it in the article, lest I upset some editors. Let's let them make their own decision. NauticaShad es 10:44, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        What about using it directly in weather?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:19, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        The main editor of Earth thinks it is a fine image. Could someone who knows something about this tweak my WP:CAPTION in the article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:01, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        Done. NauticaShad es 10:45, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        Support This contributes effectively to WP and is among its finest works.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:23, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice map image! You don't usually see it with clouds, which makes it more interesting. Haljackey (talk) 16:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Excellent illustration of the world's weather patterns, at least for that particular time of the year. Juliancolton (talk) 20:52, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I agree this is a very interesting picture in which its subject is concerned. But the choice of the map projection is all wrong, giving a very distorted image of the geometry of the Earth. A non-cylindrical equal-area projection (or approximately so) would be a much better option. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 17:50, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Odd… I had just researched a couple of days ago what earth’s average cloud coverage was. It is apparently around 70%, but this image shows it was less on this day. At any rate, featuring it on our Main Page for 24 hours would cast Wikipedia in a fine, scientific light. Greg L (talk) 01:29, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good horizontal resolution and coloration apart from EV. Brandmeister[t] 08:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:MODIS Map.jpg --Jujutacular ^T · C 16:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]