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•  Info Green algal blooms in the Baltic Sea around Gotland, Sweden. created by European Space Agency - uploaded by StellarHalo - nominated by StellarHalo -- StellarHalo (talk) 14:29, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- StellarHalo (talk) 14:29, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 16:32, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Much more wow than the other satellite photo nomination. —Percival Kestreltail (talk) 17:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Strong support Couldn't resist this. Simply stunning! Magnificent photo of my old home. --Cart (talk) 17:10, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Hanooz 17:16, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support cool --JukoFF (talk) 20:57, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Pleasant composition, sort of abstract photograph, very large resolution, and also per Percival Kestreltail. Just a shame it's not a perfect square, but that's a detail -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:21, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Yes! This is beautiful. Do you know what the straight lines in or over the water are? They seem a little long for the wakes of ships or airplanes. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:34, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• One of them (down by the south tip of the main island) is the shadow of a contrail. The contrail is also in the photo. The rest are made by boats. You can see that they end in white dots=boats. These algae are very sluggish and move rather slowly with the currents. The swirly patterns take several hours to form, often a day or so. So when a boat makes a swat through the algae, it takes a while for it to close. From the shore, this algae looks like someone took crushed moss and scattered in the sea. During the bloom, the local radio station/website has a daily report about what bays and beaches are algae-infested and not. It changes on a daily basis depending on wind and currents. --Cart (talk) 08:23, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks for explaining. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:51, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Very nice --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 08:16, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support per Basile. --Aristeas (talk) 09:48, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support--Shagil Kannur (talk) 14:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 05:46, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 09:13, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 17:01, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Strong support Amazing at thumbnail and even more amazing at full size.Cmao20 (talk) 23:51, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 16:42, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support. Meiræ 20:39, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 01:51, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
•  Support excellent — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:05, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:01, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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