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At http://www.geocities.com/fra_nl/history.html,
two flags set within Kim Stanley Robinson's Red/Green/Blue Mars
trilogy. I have no idea if these appear in the books, but I don't
think so.
Jorge Candeias, 5 November 2001
![[red circle and black]](../images/f/fic-mrs1.gif)
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by Jorge Candeias, 5 November 2001
The first Martian flag, a red circle on a black background, was
designed by Mark Knoke in the late twentieth century. Clearly inspired
by the Japanese banner, it's obvious what it stands
for: a red planet in the blackness of space. Throughout the twenty-first
century the flag was used by the Mars Society,
the colonists and Unacodema.
Jorge Candeias, 5 November 2001,
quoting from
http://www.geocities.com/fra_nl/history.html
![[Mars flag, 2100]](../images/f/fic-mrs2.gif)
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by Jorge Candeias, 5 November 2001
When Mars gained independence in 2100, the need was felt for a new flag
that had more relation with the current state of the planet, on which the
colors green and blue were establishing their position next to the original
red. With the green of the vegetation more or less positioned in between the
northern seas and the red south, one could argue that the planet designed
its own flag. A diagrammatic representation of the four supervolcanoes and
Valles Marineris was added.
Jorge Candeias, 05 Nov 2001,
quoting from
http://www.geocities.com/fra_nl/history.html
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