Original - Tavurvur spewing ash, which it has done for most of the last 15 years, in February 2009. The active stratovolcano is responsible for several major eruptions that have severely damaged nearby Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, and forced evacuations. A vent on the eastern rim of the 10 km-wide Rabaul caldera, Tavurvur is joined by others, including Vulcan (a very original name).
Reason
The reason is . . . I've decided to be random. I know we don't go in for pretty colours and dramatic scenes quite as much as those Commoners, but this was a smashing success there last year, and is also featured on de and tr. Quality isn't the greatest, but it's a decent resolution (uh-oh, I've said that before!) and I like the colour orange.
Support as nominator —Maedin\talk 13:19, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment My main concern is the EV. Can we actually see the volcano itself, or is it just the ash from the eruption (undeniably pretty though it is!)? It seems to be obscured by another volcano in the foreground, or is this erupting from the side of the existing volcano cone? Hard to tell. Ðiliff«»(Talk) 13:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose too dark to see enough clarity of details (as per Diliff's concerns) as no idea from this where the ask/smoke is coming from... Shame though, because it is a lovely picture, very few other flaws... Gazhiley (talk) 14:35, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Fair points. Clearly I was overawed by orange, :) Maedin\talk 14:45, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Potentially a bit hasty. :-) Having read the articles in more detail, it does still illustrate Rabaul caldera, although not that well due to the dark exposure. Ðiliff«»(Talk) 14:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, not hasty, :) I agreed with the points, reassessed, realised that I had conflated inclusion in 4 articles with EV, and decided that I'd probably have opposed it, too, if someone else had nominated. I'd have supported at Commons, though. EV is a bitch, :p Maedin\talk 15:08, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
