Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31.jpg

File:Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31.jpg, featured

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•  Info created by NASA - uploaded & nominated by Originalwana (talk) 06:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support As nominator Originalwana (talk) 06:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 09:39, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --Llorenzi (talk) 10:54, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support For me the WOW factor is great here! First I thought this was an artist's impression. Then again, the picture is rather small, it only has a normal wallpaper size. With the equipment of NASA I think the original file is or could be much bigger in size. There are also small artifacts on the left. --Ximonic (talk) 11:07, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
  • The original file is 4096², but it shows the whole sun. Because this is a small detail, the resolution is not that impressive and there is some noise. --Julian H. (talk/files) 12:33, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support. --Julian H. (talk/files) 12:33, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 17:58, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 21:16, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --JDP90 (talk) 13:29, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --Vamps (talk) 10:51, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --— Preceding unsigned comment added by King of Hearts (talk • contribs) 07:07, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 09:31, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
•  Support Saw it on Flickr and was about to import here and nominate. Big, big WOW -Benh (talk) 22:22, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Alternatives

I used the original files to generate two versions with less / less apparent noise. The crop is a bit less tight but that could be changed easily.

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  This one uses the same blending method, but is less noisy (but darker)
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  This one uses an overlay blending method and is therefore also a lot less noisy, but shows detail in different areas.

What do you think? --Julian H. (talk/files) 12:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 18:30, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Astronomy