The flag you are referring to is the flag of Turkey. It consists of a red background with a white star and crescent moon in the center.
The flag on the moon's surface is not a cloth flag. The flag is designed to appear to be waving in the breeze; fully extended. Since there is no wind in spce it had to be made in that manner.
The flag of Japan is often compared to the Star Trek communicator because of its design resemblance. The flag of Japan features a simple red circle in the center of a white background, similar to the design of the communicator used in the Star Trek series.
The U.S. flag planted on the moon during the Apollo missions was made of nylon. It had a special rod along the top edge to help it unfurl and hold its shape in the airless environment of the moon. The flag's distinctive appearance in photographs is due to the lack of atmosphere on the moon, which prevented it from waving or rippling.
He was quoting the exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), Eureka is Greek for "I have found it". Archimedes said it when he discovered how to use water displacement to test the purity of gold.
The Eureka flag is blue and white.
This is the flag of Scotland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A flag with a white Nordic cross is Shetland. A flag with a white diagonal cross is the St. Andrew cross of Scotland.
This was called the Eureka Flag.
There was no specific "miners' flag" during the Australian goldrush. However, the "Eureka Flag" was adopted as a symbol of the Eureka Stockade rebellion, in which the miners demanded more rights and better conditions. The Eureka Flag has a blue background with a stylised Southern Cross constellation over a white cross. Each of the stars of the Southern Cross has eight points. To see the Eureka flag, click on the related link below.
The Eureka Stockade Flag was designed Captain Henry Ross. He was a Canadian member of the Ballarat Reform League. He was inspired by the Australian Federation Flag.
The Eureka flag was first flown in Ballarat on Bakery hill
The main blue part of the Eureka flag is made out of a woollen material commonly used for women's dresses in the 1850s. The stars are made of a fine, delicate (possibly silk) material, which appears to be the type of material used for ladies' petticoats.
The Eureka flag is in the Art Gallery Of Ballarat and you can see it at the Australia Museums and Galleries online.
A Canadian member of the Ballarat Reform League, Captain Henry Ross, designed the Eureka flag. Ross was inspired by the design of the Australian Federation Flag. Three local women, Anastasia Withers, Anne Duke, and Anastasia Hayes, sewed the original flag.
The remains of the original Eureka Flag are kept preserved and on display at the Ballarat Fine Art Museum.
The Eureka flag hung above the Eureka Stockade, as a symbol of rebellion against the authorities and their unfair treatment of the miners.
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