Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:BlackMarble20161km.jpg

File:BlackMarble20161km.jpg, featured edit

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Info created by NASA - uploaded by mareklug - nominated by mareklug -- Mareklug ^talk 08:10, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
For its informational/map/technical merit. Also, very absorbing to navigate over. Support -- Mareklug ^talk 08:10, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I deplore NASA's use of the highly misleading Mercator projection, but the greatness of this photo as a reference is undeniable. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:31, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support @Ikan:every projection is necessarily misleading - a globe is a globe is a globe. Gall-Peters is just as "wrong". We shouldn't succumb to zeitgeisty yet aimless activism, imo. ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:58, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I assure you, I'm well aware that any flat view of the Earth is a distortion. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, Ikan, I didn't want to come over as rude. Sorry! I should have chosen a different phrasing. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 03:50, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't take offense, don't worry. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:34, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support Pretty and informative. --cart-Talk 17:10, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very interesting image. If you zoom in on North Korea, Pyongyang appears to be the only city with lights, if that says anything about the county. WClarke 18:05, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 18:58, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:27, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support 933.12 Megapixel? Ok. Challenge accepted. :-) -- Colin (talk) 17:29, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Slaunger (talk) 20:23, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Wonderful -- Thennicke (talk) 06:23, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 14:44, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Satellite images