NASA Earth flag

The Earth flag is not an official flag, since there is no official governing body over Earth. The flag holds a photo transfer of a NASA image of the Earth on a dark blue background. It has been associated with Earth Day, environmental awareness, and the celebration of the global community since its creation in 1969 by John McConnell and has been used since the first Earth Day in 1970. Download high resolution version (1085x724, 102 KB)Earth flag created solely from public domain sources and released into the public domain by Derrick Coetzee. ... Download high resolution version (1085x724, 102 KB)Earth flag created solely from public domain sources and released into the public domain by Derrick Coetzee. ... Earth Day is a name used by two different observances held annually in the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earths environment. ... Earth Day is a name used by two different observances held annually in the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earths environment. ...

History

• The first Earth flag used screen-printing and the colors of the Earth were reversed: the ocean was white and the clouds were blue. With only two colors, one color was for clouds and the other color was for both ocean and land. This image of a later Earth flag shows the correct colors.

Early 1970s Earth Flag

• The folowing image is from the Apollo 10 Earth Foto 69-HC-487 from NASA (May 18, 1969).

View of the Earth from 400,000 kilometres (~250,000 miles) away. The west coast of North America can be seen with the remainder of the land mass obsucred by cloud cover. Earth from Apollo 10 G69-0487 or G69-0487-1 from NASA/Ames Imaging Library Server

• The current Earth flags uses this famous photo from Apollo 17, "The Blue Marble":

View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.

Screen-printing, also known as silkscreening or serigraphy, is a printmaking technique that creates a sharp-edged single-color image using a stencil and a porous fabric. ... Download high resolution version (1599x1155, 116 KB)My scan of an early 1970s earth flag with Apollo 10 earth image This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1599x1155, 116 KB)My scan of an early 1970s earth flag with Apollo 10 earth image This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the Apollo program, and the first (and only manned Saturn V) mission to launch from pad 39B. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon, and the test of the lunar module in lunar orbit. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Earth from Apollo 10. ... Earth from Apollo 10. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last manned mission to date to land on the Moon. ... The Blue Marble is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on 7 December 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45,000 kilometers or about 28,000 miles. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3000x3002, 6358 KB) The Blue Marble: This photo is of Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula as taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3000x3002, 6358 KB) The Blue Marble: This photo is of Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula as taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last manned mission to date to land on the Moon. ...

External links

• Earth Day Flag from International Earth Day official site
• The History of the Earth Flag by John McConnell
• Flags for Planet Terra