Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Dead Vlei 4.jpg

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Dead Vlei
, Namibia. According to Wikipedia the trees are around 900 years old.
Reason
Besides being technically OK it gives the viewer a good impression how Dead Vlei looks like. You see the ground with its pattern, several trees and the dunes.
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Ikiwaner (talk)
Umm, this is not the place to bring up the reliability of Wikipedia. Sorry. As for the trees, I am sure that if it really bothered you, you could go there, cut one down, and count the rings... ]
Come on, Nezz. Its a legitimate concern brought up and your snide reply is not helpful. --Muhammad(talk) 14:08, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, counting the rings won't help as the trees have been purported to be dead for 900 years, not dead when 900. --Muhammad(talk) 14:11, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Muhammad is absolutely right - you've been counseled to be
civil before Nezzadar. A search of Google scholar reveals that 900-700bp is the accepted date range. We can't be sure the figure is right, but we can't be sure that it's wrong either. Mostlyharmless (talk) 01:58, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Agree that caption shouldn't use self-quotation. Support age of trees with independent source in the article, or remove age from caption, i.e. replace with "Dead acacia trees in ]

Promoted File:Dead Vlei 4.jpg --jjron (talk) 11:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]