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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Latitude-Longitude Flag 3 Degrees Flag of 2nd Space Flight

It was on a simple "Cinco de Mayo" in 1961 when the United States became a space-faring civilization, with the launch of Alan Shepard from Cape Canaveral at LC-5. It's only natural that orange should play a dominant role in this flag, as it was launched from the Florida.

Geographic Latitude-Longitude of 1st Person in Space

It was on April 12, 1961 that human spaceflight begun. It started in a humble Central Asian Nation, Kazakhstan. The person was Mr. Gagarin.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Latitude and Longitude Flag Code for Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds

The following is a type of geographic latitude and longitude flag. These flags show the geographic position of degrees, minutes, and seconds. The blueprint of each flag uses 13 parts mixed with10 colours which represent the digits 0-9.

48 degrees 57' 33" latitude by 69 degrees 21' 17" longitude is a special coordinate. It is of the rarest coordinates by which all four combinations of North, South, East, and West are on dry land.

This flag can be flown in Quebec, Canada.

This flag can be flown in Kazakhstan.

This flag can be flown in Argentina.

This flag can be flown in Kerguelen, France.

Monday, April 6, 2015

38th Parallel North DMZ Heritage Flag

The 38th Parallel North DMZ Heritage Flag is a geographic and cultural flag. It can be flown anywhere along the northern 38th Parallel. In the aftermath of WWII, a virtual WWIII would take place. Officially known as the Cold War, this war had more weapons unleashed across the world than all of WWII. It was on the Korean Peninsula that Soviet and US Allied forces crossed arms. It was recently made public that Soviet pilots engaged in combat over Korea.