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The Daily Shoot assignment for 2010/06/14:
Make a photo of a flag today: national, state, or otherwise. Try to compose it in a unique way. #ds211
Ever notice how everywhere you go in America you see churches and flags?
One of those things we get blind to.
But one day, driving home, I decided to count flags. Don't remember how many, but on stretches of commercially developed suburban arterial roads they were everywhere.
Is it this way in other countries or are we Americans the biggest flag-wavers? If so, why? What does it say about us -- for good or bad?
How much is spent annually on flags? How much healthcare for the uninsured would it buy if we stopped buying all these flags?
And churches. I'm an active member of one, and I know while we like to think of our "tithes and offerings" going to God -- and a considerable amount does go to a wide variety of programs that benefit those less fortunate around the world -- in fact a great deal of the money just heats, cools, and maintains a large building.
We have weekday use for preschool and a very successful after-school program for underprivileged children.
But how much of our precious financial and energy resources in America are expended on buildings that sit empty for way more hours than they are used? How could these resources be better used?
No, I don't mean to suggest closing churches. These are just what our church education director sometimes calls "wondering questions" when opening up discussions with children in Sunday school.
Inspired by this view across the street while pumping my gas yesterday (see what happens when you take the camera with you more!)
Looks like a typical flag shot, right?Not so... At 400 feet in height, this flag pole is the largest in North America. Acuity Insurance Company here in my city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has just now, in May of 2014, completed erecting this monumental symbol of the U.S. Today they were finally running the flag up the pole, I think for the first time, to test it out.
I was fortunate enough to get a picture from ONE MILE AWAY with my 80-400mm telephoto lens maxed out to 400mm. Look closely and you can see a workman standing on the platform at the top of the pole, giving a good perspective of just how tall and wide this structure is!
The flag alone is 60 ft. tall and 120 ft. wide! This is the 5th attempt by the company to complete a flagpole project, the other four attempts failing due to high winds and extreme temperatures... Hopefully this will be a lasting landmark and a stirring symbol of pride and liberty for all who see it...
Here is a link explaining the engineering work and analysis that went into producing this marvel: www.asce.org/cemagazine/Article.aspx?id=23622330812#.U360...
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Why do I get that uplifting feeling when flags are fluttering in the wind?
THANK YOU for making it so lovely and fun, M, (*_*)
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Members of the U.S. Military participate in a flag raising ceremony in honor of Flag Day Sunday, June 14, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)
Parece la de la diversidad, pero es la de Cusco
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Esta bandera está en la Plaza de Armas de Cusco, donde los españoles limpiaron a Tupac Amarú II. Era un rebelde indÃgena ante la ocupación española en el siglo XVIII. Lo ataron de cada extremidad a un caballo y bueno, el resto ya lo saben, o se lo pueden imaginar.
I took this photo in the Singapore Air Show 2008. These are the countries which participated in the exhibition. Uploaded By: Flishr
The flag of the United States consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of Red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The fifty stars on the flag represent the fifty U.S. states and the thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that rebelled against the British Crown and became the first states in the Union.[1] Nicknames for the flag include the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory,[2] and The Star-Spangled Banner (also the name of the national anthem).