The "subtle compass rose" in the current version of the image (the second version uploaded) is more confusing than helpful. It's just the letter "N" sumperimposed on a projection of a tilted equilateral triangle. It's completely unclear which corner of the triangle is meant to indicate north. The correct shape for a compass rose is

     N
     |
  W--+--E
     |
     S

If someone with graphics ability and a knowledge of Sumatran geography wants to add a real compass rose, that would be nice. --Quuxplusone (talk) 18:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, the current version of the image must have been flipped horizontally; it doesn't correspond to the actual shape of Sumatra. I'll remove it from the Toba catastrophe theory article; when it's fixed, please re-add. --Quuxplusone (talk) 19:01, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

This image is so dark it is basically unintelligible. Any chance the original author (or someone else) could add some contrast, brighten it, or otherwise enhance it so that it looks like something? I'd help, but the image is so dark I can't tell what it is supposed to be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.229.98.8 (talk) 00:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

The image basically illustrates nil-nada. Or what I see when I sleepwalk into the bathroom in the middle of the Scandinavian winter night. The image needs brightening. ... said: Rursus (bork²) 16:57, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

BTW, what is it? ... said: Rursus (bork²) 16:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

All the dust from the eruption made things very dark. It's amazing you can see anything at all! A bit earlier things would have looked like this . Thincat (talk) 11:22, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

If he doesn't answer can we just redo the image under the license? I found changing it to .jpg and lightening worked better, but I'm not an expert graphics person. CarolMooreDC (talk) 16:29, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

There have been new versions but still too dark. CarolMooreDC (talk) 20:27, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

This file is showing an impossible event. I checked on google earth and found that the island of Sumatra is about 190 km wide at the site of the eruption. That would mean that the plume, the it is depictied here, would roughgly be 200 km+ tall i.e. reaching well into outer space. The scale is grossly wrong. The Earth also seems to be flat.

This image has no illustrative worth beyond giving an impression of what a volcanic eruption might look like in general. Its useless for demonstrating the magnitude of the Toba event, since its scale is grossly incorrect, and shouldnt be used any longer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:86:4F07:7801:C1BF:38BF:2D9E:922F (talk) 11:55, 2 September 2016 (UTC)