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Español: Bandera de la Tierra.
English: The Earth flag is not an official flag, since there is no official governing body over Earth. The flag holds a photo transfer of a NASA image of the Earth on a dark blue background. It has been associated with Earth Day.

Earth flag, the symbol of World Earth Day

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from [1]: Earth flag created solely from public domain sources and released into the public domain by Derrick Coetzee.

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