Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Earth Flag - The Millennium Edition


"A flag designed for the first Earth Day by John McConnell is a dark blue field charged with The Blue Marble, a famous NASA photo of the earth as seen from outer space.

Because of the political views of its creator and its having become a symbol of Earth Day, this flag is also associated with environmental awareness, and the celebration of the global community.
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."