Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Sossusvlei.jpg
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Sossusvlei.jpg/390px-Sossusvlei.jpg)
- Reason
- Seemed to be a very good image of the subject to me
- Articles this image appears in
- Sossusvlei, Namib Desert
- Creator
- Ikiwaner
- Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 00:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
- Weak
opposesupport - The trees don't look crisp and the ones towards the left appear to be in motion blur. Maybe it's the heat effects of the desert due to the distant shot? And are you sure that's water? It looks like a drought to me :-/. ZooFari 01:14, 13 December 2009 (UTC)- You could be right on the water point. Noodle snacks (talk) 02:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support per nom. There's water underground here; that's why the trees and shrubs are growing. It isn't unusual in arid environments for the water to surface intermittently after heavy rain. Hard to say whether that's water; if I were guessing would estimate that the center depression is mud. The white deposit at the periphery looks like a thin playa. The basin has a smoother and less whitish tone, which suggests that it hasn't dried out completely. Durova379 21:04, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, but the caption in the article could be clarified. Maybe it's just "muddy" but who knows. ZooFari 01:44, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dead_Vlei_Kalkkruste.jpg/220px-Dead_Vlei_Kalkkruste.jpg)
*Support nice image and scenery.--Caspian blue 07:07, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support per nom. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 08:10, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support per nom. An area of the world underrepresented at FP, though having said which I was surprised by how many images there were on Commons of this area. --jjron (talk) 13:12, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
- I'm happy to see my picture nominated here. But why do you think there is mud or water? The Vlei is hard like concrete and even after years you don't see footprints. There were quite heavy winds so don't be surprised to see som motion blur or flying sand. --Ikiwaner (talk) 20:58, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
- In Namib Desert, the caption states that there is water. ZooFari 21:07, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
- That caption was wrong. This version is with water. --Ikiwaner (talk) 17:09, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, changed to weak support. ZooFari 17:11, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support per nom. --JN466 00:18, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support per nom. Elekhh (talk) 04:38, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Promoted File:Sossusvlei.jpg –Maedin\talk 07:44, 23 December 2009 (UTC)