Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sundogs

Sun dogs

Original - Pronounced sun dogs on both sides of a setting sun in New Ulm, Minnesota. Note the halo arcs passing through each sun dog.

Reason: An amazing photo of this peculiar phenomenon. Quality may not be perfect, but given the conditions, etc, it's reasonably good, and to me any minor issues are far outweighed by the other virtues of the image and encyclopaedic value.
Articles this image appears in: Sun dog
Wars of the Roses
Creator: Axda0002

Support as nominator jjron (talk) 04:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom--Mbz1 (talk) 04:29, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, very nice. --Golbez (talk) 05:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - amazing! Gatoclass (talk) 08:32, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Remarkable, especially if this phenomenon is as rare as the Sun dog article suggests. Spikebrennan (talk) 13:53, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The sun dog article describes them as "common", and I see them pretty frequently (at least several times a year, and more frequently than, say, rainbows). I've found them to be fairly common both in the Mojave Desert and in western Pennsylvania, which have very different climates. I don't say this as criticism—I just don't want people thinking they're very rare. I think most people just don't notice them—my wife doesn't, unless I point them out. The photograph is better than I could usually do when I see sun dogs—most of the time, I only see one of the two, or one is much brighter than the other. The photograph also has a nice, clean, low horizon that does not obstruct the sun dogs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coneslayer (talk • contribs) 14:23, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support It gets my vote and the bbc apears to have used it was well! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7150156.stm 62.173.86.208 (talk) 15:49, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support as photographer. It takes my breath away. Axda0002 (talk) 15:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support: quality not excellent, but high encyclpedic value. —αἰτίας •discussion• 22:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Whoa... ^8thstar 22:49, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Neat picture...clearly shows what a sundog is. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ^{(Merry Christmas!)} 01:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Great picture. I've never heard of a 'sun dog' before, more people should ← κεηηε∂γ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is what FP is about! I had never heard of a sun dog before let alone seeing one. H92110 (talk) 15:19, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Sundogs - New Ulm-Edit1.JPG MER-C 03:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]