Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Rock face, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington State, 1992.JPG

File:Rock face, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington State, 1992.JPG, featured

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•  Info created by Michael Gäbler - uploaded by Michael Gäbler - nominated by Michael Gäbler -- Michael Gäbler (talk) 16:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support -- Michael Gäbler (talk) 16:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 18:18, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support -- Thomas888b (talk) 19:36, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Snaevar (talk) 19:48, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Question What are the blue specks? W.S. 07:48, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Algae vividly colors hot-spring runoff areas on the rock face. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 00:41, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Cephas (talk) 22:21, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Ggia (talk) 17:58, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --George Chernilevsky ^talk 18:19, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Murdockcrc (talk) 19:57, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Steven Walling 04:24, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Oppose What are the blue specks? W.S. 08:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Hugh Crandall, former director of the Yellowstone Institut, wrote in his brochure "Yellowsone. The story behind the scenery", KC publications, second printing 1978, page 23: "Algae vividly colors hot-spring runoff areas." I quoted his words above. Hugh Crandall wrote on page 46: "As hydrothermal water gets progressively cooler, it becomes a suitable habitat for, first, bacteria, then blue-green algae, true algae, mosses and, finally, higher orders of plants and animals." I think, the blue speck contains the blue-green algae. This image shows the blue-green colors of the blue-green algae. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 23:24, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
    • No no, the blue-green algae are not bright blue. The algae are the greenish colors on your rock. This is hineininterpreterung. W.S. 08:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
      • Your information is not up to date. The Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) has the pigment Phycocyanin. Phycocyanin in the German wikipedia reads as follows: "Phycocyanin erscheint in einer purpur bis kobaltblau Farbe." You find the reference in the footnote 2. This means: the Cyanobacteria occurs also in the color cobalt blue. This is exact the color of the blue specks on "my rock". --Michael Gäbler (talk) 15:24, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
        • Cyanobacteria do not produce discernible light during daytime. The above information is irrelevant. You can not drag in unrelated articles to prove a point. Did you actually read this the article you mention? W.S. 08:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
          • Wetenschatje, you are a newcomer in Wikimedia Commons. You are welcome. - You uploaded images in Wikimedia Commons. Thank you. - You oppose this image. Please explain your reasoning. It is necessary. You find the regulation "Voting" above. - In this scientific discussion I miss your own sources. Everyman must have the possibility to check it. Please say your sources. --Michael Gäbler (talk) 00:37, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
            • Do you actually read the comments of 'newcomers' or are you assuming with the sheep that newbies are per definition wrong? W.S. 09:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
            • Once again, I´d like to point out the NPOV policy of Commons. WS is, as all other FP reviewers is required to explain what on the picture he dislikes enough to oppose, but, he is not required to cite where he got this information from. Remember, Commons do not have the "No original research" rules, as Wikipedia does, and please do not try to confuse those two, by trying to tell me that they are the same thing, witch they are most certainly not.--Snaevar (talk) 12:54, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
    • To my eyes, the blue specks seem like reflections from wet patches of the rock face. They seem to get brighter and whiter towards the lower left corner, and they don't look like any algae I've ever seen. --Avenue (talk) 15:00, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Support --Petritap (talk) 08:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
•  Oppose Composition, colours, etc are nice but not outstanding IMO. The image is on the small side too. --Avenue (talk) 15:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 11:52, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

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