Flags

Geek Out

Those Flags At Stadiums Weigh 500kg, Cost $US50,000 To Make

2:40AM September 14, 2011 | Casey Chan

If you watched American football this past weekend, you probably noticed the gigantic, humungous, out-of-this-world flag that covered the entire football field before each game. Where the heck do they come from? More »

Online

An American Flag Full Of Tweets

12:30PM July 5, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

No offence to Betsy Ross, but this is an American flag made for the 21st Century. It’s a digital weave created from the avatars of Twitter users who tweet about Independence Day using a July 4th hashtag. More »

Science

New Apollo 17 Landing Photo Clearly Shows Lander, Flag

3:00PM October 31, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

It’s blurrier than old MySpace snapshots, but it’s there as expected. The Apollo Lunar Modules and the US flag left behind at the Apollo 17 landing site has been caught in a close-up image by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. More »