Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 110-112 PAN.JPG

File:Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 110-112 PAN.JPG, featured edit

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Info Panoramic view of Chuquicamata, a state-owned copper mine located at 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level just outside Calama, north of Chile. It is by excavated volume the largest open pit copper mine in the world. The huge hole was started in 1882 as a mine to extract gold and copper. It is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) wide and with a depth of 850 metres (2,790 ft) it is the second deepest open-pit mine in the world (after Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, USA). Note: to get a feeling of the scale spot out a haul truck, which is 9.5 metres (31 ft) long and 4.5 metres (15 ft) high. All by me, Poc o² 19:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Poc o² 19:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support INeverCry 19:48, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 21:30, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 08:31, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:55, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --XRay ^talk 10:54, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Impressive. --Pugilist (talk) 13:09, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support My dog likes to dig holes too but he never got that far. --Kreuz schnabel 14:07, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:02, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 14:20, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It is certainly an impressive hole and this image contains as much of it as this viewpoint allows. But I don't think it is that great a photograph. The wide panorama suffers from the usual problem of a bow of waste material at the bottom, and a lack of anywhere to focus on. A number of man-made structures indicate that the verticals aren't all right in this stitch. The lighting / time-of-day also doesn't add anything special. I much prefer File:Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 121.JPG. For me, even though that other photo doesn't even get to the top of the hole, the scale is very impressive and perhaps endless. The clarity at 100% is much better, allowing one to see more details of the vehicles and the rock faces. I find it is a much better composition and superior technical quality, and consider that one to be your FP and this the VI. -- Colin (talk) 14:40, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral per Colin's point. However, I would have voted for this picture if it didn't cut off the left side of the mine. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:36, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Alex Florstein (talk) 17:26, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 19:42, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 11:18, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral per Ikan and Colin. Daniel Case (talk) 05:52, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Zcebeci (talk) 09:19, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Medium⁶₉ ^{You wanted talk to me?} 12:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 2 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 11:20, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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