Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Iceberg in the Arctic with its underside exposed.jpg

File:Iceberg in the Arctic with its underside exposed.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena#Ice
•  Info created by AWeith - uploaded by AWeith - nominated by W.carter.
  As someone stated earlier, quality comes from factors: quality of the shot and rarity. This is not only a beautiful picture, it is also the first good photo we have here (AFAIK) of an iceberg with part of the underside showing. Until this photo was uploaded, all Wikipedias had to rely on an artist's impression of what an iceberg might look like under water. -- cart-Talk 12:59, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- cart-Talk 12:59, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support per nom. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:13, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Karelj (talk) 16:36, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:46, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Gimme a drink of some o' that ... Seriously, great. Can I say that, if promoted, this will be the northernmost FP so far? Daniel Case (talk) 01:28, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• I shot this one at approx. 80°N i.e. 600 nautical miles from the pole. I'd be glad to nominate another one even further north if you promise to be generous with your vote ; -). --AWeith (talk) 15:32, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• Polar bear doing morning yoga? :) --cart-Talk 15:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• And for comparison, here's the northernmost FP from the Western Hemisphere ... Daniel Case (talk) 19:37, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

• yeah, thought that might be north enough ... :D --AWeith (talk) 17:09, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• There is a map/system/whatever with only the FPs displayed? Or do you just have them all in your memory? --cart-Talk 09:23, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

•  Support INeverCry 01:56, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --XRay ^talk 04:20, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 07:43, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:00, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Per cart Jacopo Werther ^iγ∂ψ=mψ 10:58, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Comment That's a pretty high latitude, 8 deg higher than my northernmost FP;) But could you make the geocode just a little more precise? It is shown in the middle of the ocean, yet there is land to be ssen in the background of your image. I can recommend this tool for creating a better Location template. -- Slaunger (talk) 16:07, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• Slaunger, since I and not the photographer (AWeith) made this nomination, I'm not sure he is keeping a eye on this page very often, so I'm 'pinging' him for you. cart-Talk 16:18, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• Sorry for not being able to answer in due time; I’m just moving my son and his household from Hamburg to Bavaria. The image is taken just west of Sjuøyane, i.e. 80°40’N 19°09'E. I’ll specify the exact lat/long as soon as I am back home.--AWeith (talk) 17:01, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

•  Support Absolutely no problem. I added the more precise geocode in the file page for you. Nice shot. I have been photographing icebergs years back, but found it hard to get such a clear view of the iceberg under the surface. Very nice work. -- Slaunger (talk) 20:20, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

•  Support Jee 16:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Nice shot. Ceannlann gorm (talk) 11:02, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

• "Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote." Jee 12:04, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

•  Support Simply WOW !--Bijay chaurasia (talk) 14:26, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Comment Let me please thank W.carter for this nomination; I would probably not have dared to do that, at least not as one of the first proposals out of my arctic collection. However; she was so enthusiastic about this image from the very beginning; we even discussed some version that exposes some more of the underwater part that you can devine at the right of the clearly visible portion. I could provide this version if desired, though I think your positive votes indicate this is a worthwhile presentation and I don't want to disturb the nomination process. Thx again, W:carter! --AWeith (talk) 20:17, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

• Hey AWeith, thanks for your kind words! Tell you what, during this nom-process I've been thinking about that other version and I would propose this now: This is such a great and artistic photo as it is, so let's just leave it intact. I'm sure it will get showered with more praise and awards. But I think you could upload the somewhat brighter photo as a new file, to be used by those who want a pic with a bit more of the underwater part visible. After that you can connect the two versions by using the "Other version" option on the file pages, same as I've done with this pic and a cropped version of it. (Take a look and you'll see what I mean. You can suss out the code by opening the files at the "Edit" button or ask/'ping' me and I'll help you.) I think that would be the best solution. Hope the move went well and your son is all settled in. :) cart-Talk 21:18, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

• I see that it is now nominated for Picture of the Day on the Hebrew Wikipedia. cart-Talk 21:28, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

•  Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) 02:57, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Pugilist (talk) 08:02, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 23:23, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 16 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 20:04, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Natural phenomena#Ice