Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rub' al Khali

Rub' al Khali

Original - From NASA: Image of sand dunes in Rub' al Khali, Arabia's "empty quarter". Acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or ASTER, aboard NASA's Terra Earth-orbiting satellite. Brown regions are sand dunes. Gray regions are the underlying gravel plains. Parallel dunes are typically separated by 1 to 1.5 miles.
Reason
Aesthetically pleasing view of a remote region of the planet. High quality, high res, px-level detail.
Articles this image appears in
Rub' al Khali, Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, Erg (landform)
Creator
NASA, uploaded by Elipongo at commons.
  • Support as nominator -- de Bivort 21:42, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It isn't clear what the lighter coloured areas are though. Please update the caption to inform us. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:37, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Needs scale (or, at a bare minimum, some kind of description in the caption as to how large these features are, or the size of the area covered by the photo). Spikebrennan (talk) 15:49, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good quality and enc. SpencerT♦Nominate! 14:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Fascinating at full resolution.--ragesoss (talk) 20:13, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rub' al Khali (Arabian Empty Quarter) sand dunes imaged by Terra (EOS AM-1).jpg --wadester16 05:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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