Laredo Monster Flag
Just beside the International bridge between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico we find this gigantic Mexican flag, the way it sticks out the earth makes it look like something out of a cartoon.
This is one of a few flags which has been placed on the USA-Mexico border by the Mexican Army and is 28.6 x 50 m, weighing 350 kg, and hoisted on a flag pole 103m tall. Presumably in response to the Mexican flag there is a smaller USA flag sticking out of a building just to the north (more on the flags).
Thanks: Charles
Is this Placemark: the Juarez Mexican Flag / Google Earth mentioned in the Flags of the World article?
Many Laredo businessmen pitched in to erect the US flag, which WAS in response to the flag in Mexico. The first flag that was erected there in 1998 was HUGE and could be seen clear across town However, it was so large that it was eventually torn apart by winds and the current one is a bit more sensible.
There’s a gigantic Jordanian flag in Aqaba, Jordan. It can be seen from about fifty or so miles away, towering over the city and the royal Jordanian palace there.
It’s relatively new (a few months), but even if it wasn’t, the whole area is very low-res on Google Maps and Google Earth
what is the Placemark: terracotta coloured structure / Google Earth a bit to the north?
is that USA immigration/customs? yet there’s traffic going between the countries a bit to the west over Convent Av? maybe that bridge in only one way southward?
Russ, although I’ve never been there, I am fairly certain that is immigration and customs. The line of cars to the south provides some confirmation of that fact.
Well that is one of the gigantic flags but after reading the link of “more on the flags” they didn’t mention about the flags in Mexico City. I live in here and as far as i know there are at least 4 or 5 more only in here i guess in the big cities we can found at least one… ^^
There is a huge flag in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. At the moment of its erection (1998 too) it was the biggest flag of the world. Hopefully someone will find it in google and share it with us.
That year of 1998 the president ordered to erect huge flags in all important ports of mexico. Im not sure but i think it was the 150th aniversary of the first mexican flag, designed in Iguala, Guerrero.
I live here in Nuevo Laredo … like 3 kms from the Flag and I think it is the more G I G A N T I C flag over the world
Actually these GIGIANTIC flags are all over Mexico, in all major cities you’ll probably find one. They where erected around 1998. many of them are around 300ft tall.
There’s one in Cancun too:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
I saw the Aquaba, Jordan flag too… It’s really gigantic. I was on hollyday there two years ago and it was wonderful. I still remember the flag, indeed…