Commons:Featured media/chronological/November 2019

File:Lake Urmia Google Earth Timelapse 1984–2018.webm, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured_videos/Time-lapse
•  InfoThis timelapse shows the process of drying up of Urmia lake through the years. created by Google, Landsat, Copernicus - uploaded to commons and nominated by Hanooz -- Hanooz 15:29, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Hanooz 15:29, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support, Please read w:Lake Urmia for more info. It was once the largest lake in the middle East. Very educational. --Eatcha (talk) 15:56, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--KlauRau (talk) 00:47, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - Dramatic! Why did this happen? Droughts associated with global warming? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:17, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
• Ikan Kekek  Answer Due to damming of the rivers that flow into it, and the pumping of groundwater from the surrounding area (According to Wikipedia) -- Eatcha (talk) 07:37, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

True, + building Urmia Lake Bridge Hanooz 12:28, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

@Hanooz Are these(File:Lake Urmia bridge 2010.jpg and File:UrmiaLakeBridge.JPG) pictures of Urmia Lake Bridge ? I don't see anypicture in its article. Maybe we should add one of these... Best, Eatcha (talk) 12:36, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

@Eatcha: Yes, I'm trying to find and upload better images now. Hanooz 12:50, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

 Done Hanooz 14:15, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Support – Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 12:01, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Educational value --PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 13:15, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulphere 04:51, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 13:51, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:52, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Ermell (talk) 20:23, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --El Grafo (talk) 08:14, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 02:31, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Mandelbrotzoom 20191023.webm, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Animated
•  Info An example for a Mandelbrot zoom created by PantheraLeo1359531 - uploaded to commons by PantheraLeo1359531 - nominated by PantheraLeo1359531 -- PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 15:57, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 15:57, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support, I read that these were first generated by IBM in 1980, although they were not good as this, ofcourse due to advancement in computing. Educational content, FV for me. -- Eatcha (talk) 16:16, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Looks like a journey to me. Hanooz 15:54, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulphere 04:51, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Ermell (talk) 20:21, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support The beginning feels a bit abrupt, but the end is kind of funny --El Grafo (talk) 07:57, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 22:17, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 02:13, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Tornado time lapse.webm, featured

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•  Description :  A video of the birth, life, and death of a tornado. This tornado touched down near Prospect Valley, Colorado on June 19, 2018. It lasted for around 5 minutes, and stayed in open fields, causing no damage.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Nature
•  Info created by Runningonbrains - uploaded to commons by Runningonbrains - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 12:33, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 12:33, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 20:37, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Impressive. Great capture -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:04, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment very impressive indeed, but the camera adjustments at the 0:10-mark look very unprofessional. Maybe just cut the beginning and start at 0:12? --El Grafo (talk) 08:03, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
• Runningonbrains are okay with the Cut? If yeas, would you do it. If na, I can do it for you. -- Eatcha (talk) 13:29, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Just fix the camera shift. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:11, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
• El Grafo  Done -- Eatcha (talk) 03:13, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support nice! --El Grafo (talk) 12:50, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:59, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support — Seventh. Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 18:26, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:32, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:09, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 22:12, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 13:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Galaxy Collision Animation- James Webb Space Telescope Science.webm, featured

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•  Description :  Two spiral galaxies undergo a protracted crash lasting two billion years, eventually merging into a single elliptical galaxy.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Astronomy
•  Info created by James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Credit: NCSA/NASA/B. Robertson (Caltech) and L. Hernquist (Harvard Univ.) - uploaded to commons by Matanya - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 12:27, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 12:27, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Very interesting. Can't we have a bigger version? Hanooz 20:04, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Hanooz If everything goes right, the new video should be available at File:JWST Science Simulation Galaxy Collision.webm within next 45 minutes. -- Eatcha (talk) 03:34, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Hanooz  overwrite complete -- Eatcha (talk) 04:24, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Support and thanks. Hanooz 05:52, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:06, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:46, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Question We now have a duplicate identical file. Can they be merge into one so as to avoid splitting the usage? Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 04:33, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Coffeeandcrumbs SD filed, with criteria "1st week of upload" -- Eatcha (talk) 05:13, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 05:40, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 22:15, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Good animation -- PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 15:57, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 16:27, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos (video).webm, featured

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•  Description :  Big red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) transporting a dead gecko, on a beam, in Laos
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Animals
•  Info created & uploaded to commons by Basile Morin - nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 20:07, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 20:07, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Time lapse might have been better because everyone knows how the movie ends.--Ermell (talk) 20:36, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 03:00, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:04, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - Note: Already featured as media of the day on July 23, 2018. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:40, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 08:51, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support – Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 18:11, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 22:10, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 03:31, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Washlets (high-tech toilets) in Japan (video).webm, featured

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•  Description :  Washlets (high-tech toilets) in Japan. These gadgets are rather non-existent in the western world, while they are very widespread in Japan.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Technology
•  Info created - uploaded to commons - nominated by Basile Morin -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:14, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:14, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 11:22, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - Looks to me like they got some water on the floor, but this is the only way to demonstrate how this kind of toilet works, other than through diagrams or animation. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:31, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 08:49, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Will this be the future of toilets? :) --PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 09:34, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support This should be the present. This was invented decades ago. Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 18:09, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:08, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 15:07, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Barack Obama inaugural address.ogv, featured

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•  Description :  First inaugural address of Barack Obama, the first African American to become President of the United States.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Historical I don't know what category to put this. I guess "Documentary" but we should have a category for "Archival".
•  Info created by The White House - uploaded to commons by WClarke - nominated by Coffeeandcrumbs -- Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 18:04, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 18:04, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 03:58, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
• Coffeeandcrumbs why not historical ? He can't become president(2 four-year terms), anymore. If his wife becomes the president that's a diffrent case. -- Eatcha (talk) 04:05, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
  • @Eatcha: I had a brain fart. I forgot we had a historical category. It wasn't listed in the hidden note. Fixed. Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 04:20, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - I miss him so much, given what replaced him, but objectively, this address was very historically important. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:01, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 09:13, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support. Of great historical value. Ahmad^talk 18:56, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Historical value is obvious Abzeronow (talk) 16:29, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- GRDN711 (talk) 20:37, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 13:48, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Space Station Live - Cultivating Plant Growth in Space.webm, featured

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•  Description :  Cultivating Plant Growth in Space
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Astronomy
•  Info created by w:NASA - uploaded to commons by Ras67 - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 10:08, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 10:08, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Informative video about the basic research. -- Ras67 (talk) 15:39, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 04:52, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support – Added to Space farming. Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 18:48, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 22:02, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - Really interesting and well done, as usual for NASA. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:10, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Good quality, _{but only 720p? They are already able to create 8K videos and then this :O}-- PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 16:54, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 13:45, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Australian Wildlife- Mating Kangaroos.webm, featured

NSFW Contains K-Porn
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•  Description :  Kangaroos Mating, you may call it Kangaroo-Porn
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Animals
•  Info created by SharonBeder - uploaded to commons by Jcpag2010 - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 04:39, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support First time watching K-Porn -- Eatcha (talk) 04:39, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Educative -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:03, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support per Basile. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:33, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 08:49, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Were they okay with being filmed while they are acting? :) --PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 09:36, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

• They are Kangaroo porn-stars I guess, they must be fine. -- Eatcha (talk) 13:26, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Very useful. . –Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 04:27, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Ermell (talk) 09:14, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 15:27, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Mars Exploration Zones.webm, featured

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•  Description :  This concept animation shows just one of many potential concepts for how the first human landing site on Mars might evolve throughout the course of multiple human expeditions to the Red Planet over a decade or more.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Astronomy
•  Info created by {{NASA}} - uploaded to commons by I eat bananas 101 - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 09:57, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 09:57, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support – I just had a nerdgasm. Thank you! Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 18:34, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 11:29, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 22:04, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - Just amazing! That's so science fictiony, yet they have all those plans already! One thing they didn't cover is processing of human waste. I'm positive they have equally concrete plans for that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:20, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Wow, I like it -- PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 16:04, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Filo gèn' (talk) 23:51, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 15:45, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:Little black garden Ant transports Patanga (Insect) time lapse.webm, featured

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•  Description :  Ants' were rotating the dead insect to break the muscles (they are so powerful, compared to ours). I had no idea that it was sticking to the floor after I checked the recording I figured that they were actually rotating it. It is inspired by this video.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Animals
•  Info created by Eatcha - uploaded to commons by Eatcha - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 09:36, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 09:36, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support FV for me. But has slight lengths especially at the end. -- Ermell (talk) 08:07, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support It is a wonder how small insects can carry larger insects away -- PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 08:44, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

• Also, they are smart enough to know that : Rotating the insect should break the muscles. -- Eatcha (talk) 09:20, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 20:42, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Nice . Good idea to accelerate -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:30, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support WOW! The speed was perfect. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 14:19, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Filo gèn' (talk) 21:07, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 15:58, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
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File:ID15342 - Sansebie - Eucera longicornis - ♂ - Åkerhumle (lys) - Bombus pascuorum.webm, featured

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•  Description :  Bumblebees are social insects in the genus Bombus
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Animals
•  Info created by Artsdatabanken - uploaded to commons by Lymantria - nominated by Filo gèn' -- Filo gèn' (talk) 19:42, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Filo gèn' (talk) 19:42, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support High quality content, FV in my eyes -- Eatcha (talk) 03:45, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Ermell (talk) 08:09, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Karelj (talk) 20:37, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support This works for me. The transitions are not as harsh as other similar nominations. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 14:12, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- PantheraLeo1359531 (talk) 16:07, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Nice --Killarnee (T•R•P) 05:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 05:31, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
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