Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Кальдера вулкана Головнина. Вулканический берег.jpg

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Info The shore of the lake in the caldera of Golovnin vulcano, Kurils Nature Reserve, Russia; also claimed by Japan in the Kuril Islands dispute. Created by Екатерина Васягина – uploaded by Naturephotographers – nominated by --Aristeas (talk) 13:34, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support When I saw this photo on the QIC page (thanks to IamMM for nominating it!), I was immediately fascinated. I love the vivid colours with their contrast of warm and cold shades; comparison with other photos (1, 2, 3 …) suggests that the colours are authentic, they are probably caused by the vulcanic nature of the lake. The view vertically from above transforms the whole picture into an abstract work of art. The size is not extreme, but OK (6 megapixels), and the photo is very sharp, crisp and clean and therefore I am fine with the resolution. --Aristeas (talk) 13:34, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is not a political nomination, please do not make it a political vote ;–). Nature on the Kuril Islands cannot help the orders of a certain ruler in Moscow, and nature has also not started the Kuril Islands dispute. --Aristeas (talk) 13:41, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thank you Aristeas.--Ermell (talk) 16:50, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Indeed fascinating; this photo might be an inspiration for an abstract painting. -- Radomianin (talk) 18:28, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I know it is not a political nomination, but it is insensitive and untimely. The originator has not updated user page to reflect the current situation. Why would you want to nominate an image that actively promotes a Russian tour company. I do think a quick withdraw would be sensible @Aristeas: . Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:53, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Charlesjsharp: This is a political stance, and it is completely unacceptable. Not all people from Russia support the war, and there is no reason to censor private projects complete independent of the war. Please withdraw your comment. Yann (talk) 20:06, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlesjsharp: I second Yann, please take your political ramblings elsewhere. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 20:55, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. I'm a Russian, I'm against war and I'm feeling with the civilians of Ukraine, and as you may guess now I'm feeling heavily betrayed by my country. Because of that, probably I'm not going to go there again (and submit more quality pictures of Russia for Commons) for decades now, maybe even for the rest of my life. But I'm strictly against refusal of any Russian stuff by other users, who maybe do not support this shit either, yet do not have the possibility to escape timely (OK we don't know about this one user... however note that their websites/Facebook/VK have not been updated since 2019 or so, that means we really cannot say anything here...). That said I can fully understand if some Ukrainians now say "no Tchaikovsky/Tolstoy/Chekhov... anymore" or so, but someone like Charlesjsharp (from England, a wealthy European country far from Ukraine + Russia, far from the war, far from Putin etc.pp..) is not in the position IMHO... Meanwhile the offensive and slanderous comments by him are not surprising to me, however this here is really outrageous. When will the community finally recognize that all the "featured/quality/valued" contents by this user is actually a "tainted gift" for Commons and the whole Wiki movement? Where is Jimbo's famous statement that "toxic users" belong banned no matter the past contributions?... Regards --A.Savin 21:37, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 20:49, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent quality and an amazing scenery. --A.Savin 21:37, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --GRDN711 (talk) 23:09, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:19, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Princess Rosalina 💄 452983 01:06, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support The attractive combination of colors perfectly works as an abstract for me, it looks like someone poured fake saffron on the stones. It is true that the propaganda machine of authoritarian governments, in collaboration with organized Western lobbies, uses the beauties of their own country as a tactic of propaganda and to deceive public opinion. I am not unfamiliar with this issue and I believe that we should be very sensitive and not allow FPC to be used to promote such material (although there are some exceptions that can also turn bad propaganda into good FP). To me, this particular image is just a view of a natural scene in which there is no contentious and irritating factor, so I do not consider Charles's argument valid here. -- IamMM (talk) 05:36, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ivar (talk) 06:39, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunning! --Yann (talk) 08:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:26, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --El Grafo (talk) 12:28, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lovely photo, and politics is irrelevant. Cmao20 (talk) 13:37, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:21, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:04, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support I thought this was some abstract crystal formation. Хорошо! Очень красиво! Daniel Case (talk) 20:14, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 09:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --XRay 💬 09:42, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Poco a poco (talk) 21:20, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 09:34, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 22:49, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural/Russia#Far Eastern Federal District