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Original - An American Flag blows in the wind near the wreckage of a home destroyed by the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado.
Reason
Though the image lacks the sharpness of more recent pictures, it is easily one of those "eye-catching" pictures that would make someone read an article. The combination of an American Flag blowing in the wind in front of a devastated neighborhood brings up some raw emotions. Personally, I find it to be the most standout image of the available ones for this specific tornado, which is also the costliest to ever hit the United States.
Articles in which this image appears
1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado, Patriotism
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
Andrea Booher (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
  • Just as a side note, I had a few other images which I thought of nominating, though I only was planning on nominating one. If one of these meets the critera better than the current one, I'll add it as an alternate (Thought it best to just link them rather than show all three as alternates). FWIW, they are: [1], [2], [3] Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:20, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I quite like #1, even if it is noisy and a touch too tight at the sides (and currently unused). The other two aren't nearly as good IMO (suffering from random composition and poor quality respectively). BTW, I was surprised to see that our patriotism article is completely unillustrated. --Avenue (talk) 21:46, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]