Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Paricutin

Paricutin

Original - Paricutin erupts in 1943. Almost luminescent lava streams out of the wide caldera and flows down the flanks of the volcano.

Reason

Spectacular shot of the world's most famous cinder cone volcano. Highly encyclopedic, if of poor quality.

Articles this image appears in

Parícutin

Creator

R.E. Wilcox (USGS)

• Support as nominator --ceranthor 18:21, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
• Support Educational value. --JN466 18:29, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
• Support per nominator.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:58, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
• Support good EV. --Elekhh (talk) 02:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
• 'Support Wow. Rare and encyclopaedic. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 11:50, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Paricutin 30 613.jpg --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 08:43, 9 April 2010 (UTC)