What size flag is this?
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The general ratio of a US Flag is 1:1.9
The men standing are about the height of three stripes, and given an estimate of 5’10” average height, the flag is about 25 feet high. The flag should thus be 1.9×25 = 47.5 wide.
Please note that flag is not accurately proportioned. The blue field should be 2/5ths the width of the whole flag. If each stripe is 1’ 11’ high, the canton should be 13 feet 5 inches high, 19 feet wide. The one in the picture is too square; it should extend more to the right.
@zenvelo isn’t the guy standing at the very back, closest to the flag only about two stripes tall? And if so, wouldn’t that put the size closer to 40’x75’?
@rojo Your eyesight is better tahn mine, I did not see that person. Yes, that would make the flag on my estimate 38×72.
The canton is still not correctly sized though.
@HouseMouse Do you know where this picture was taken? If a hangar or a lower deck of an aircraft carrier, is it possible to find out the height of the structure?
Based of that bloke at the very best being near 6 ft. I would say closer to 27 ft. tall, but any way it goes it is one big honking flag, you can carpet a whole room with that and then some.
@Hypocrisy_Central Carpeting a room would mean daily desecration. Not supposed to walk on the flag.
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