Flag of Earth

During 1969, peace activist John McConnell proposed his design titled the Earth Flag.

The current version of the flag consists of The Blue Marble, a photograph of Earth taken on 7 December 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 on its way to the Moon.

The early flag versions also had more simplified designs, depicting white outlines of the clouds, on the light blue circle, instead of more detailed photography of the planet.

[4] In May 1970, James W. Cadle, a farmer from Homer, Illinois, proposed his version of the flag of Earth, that consisted of a blue circle representing the Earth, placed in the centre of the flag, in front of a segment of a larger yellow circle, representing the Sun, placed on the left side of the map, and a smaller white circle, representing the Moon, located in the right bottom corner of the flag, with everything placed on a black background.

[5] On 23 December 1996, in honour of the death of Carl Sagan, three days prior, the flag had been flown there at the half-mast.

The symbol is placed on a dark blue background, which represents water, the essential of the planet's life, and the oceans, which cover most of the surface of Earth.

The release of a press kit inspired widespread media attention,[11][12] and the website Pernefeldt created for the flag received more than half a million views in its first 24 hours.

The design includes the rainbow flag on the left, consisting of red, green, yellow, orange, blue, purple, and pink stripes.

[16][17] In 1913, and 1929, Kirk made a peace tour through Europe with his flag, promoting "the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God".

In 1940, in San Francisco, eight years before American actor and peace activist Garry Davis renounced his citizenship, Dibbern created his own passport declaring himself a “Friend of all peoples” and a "Citizen of the World."

The dark blue circle stands for the brotherhood of man, for though we fight like brothers we must grow a loyalty to our one family if we are to survive.

It is a blue star because I try to become a brother of a new brotherhood.In 1938, the Minnesota-based World Peace Association unveiled a flag to represent all humanity.

Called the "Brotherhood Flag", it consisted of five equal horizontal stripes of red, white, brown, yellow, and black.

Each stripe represents one of the five groups of the human race, namely: red, white, brown, yellow, and black.

[20] In 2016 photographer Thomas Mandl designed the One World Flag, which features a central blue dot, symbolizing Earth in its simplest minimalistic form.

[24] His design consists of a blue circle centered in a green field, and resembles a minimalist, easy-to-draw version of the Earth Flag.

The Blue Dot aims to be a unifying, non-political symbol of hope for the Earth's natural space health.

Its use is intended for everyone who feels connected to the planet and for everyone who wants to help raising awareness in a context of Earth degradation and climate change.

They are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating.

[37] The Olympic flag depicts five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field.

[38][39] The symbol was originally created in 1913 by Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee.

[45] The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.

[48] In 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country film, set in the year 2293, the flag of the United Earth consists of two equally-sized horizontal stripes, of red and blue colour, with an equilateral triangle at the hoist.

[48] In the fourth season of the 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise television series, set in the year 2154, the flag of the United Earth depicts an emblem that includes a circle depicting a map of the world, centred on the prime meridian, and one olive branch placed to the left of the map.

The emblem also appears in the 2020 Star Trek: Lower Decks animated television series, in the episode "An Embarrassment of Dooplers".

[48] In the first season of the 2017 Star Trek: Discovery television series, set in the year 2257, the flag of the United Earth consist of the emblem placed on the dark blue background.

[48] In the second season of the 2020 Star Trek: Picard television series, set in the year 2401, the flag of the United Earth consist of the emblem placed on the white background.

[48] In the 1999 Futurama science fiction comedy television series, set in the 3000s, the Earth is united under a world government.

Its flag contains thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating between red and white, with a blue canton in the left top corner, containing a globe, with the Americas prominently depicted in the centre.

Above the map, between the space left by the lines, are three five-pointed stars, with the middle one, placed higher than the remaining two.