How Blue Is the Reflecting Pool

Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting How blue is the reflecting pool? Countdown to Trump's Fourth of July target June 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Target 4 July 15 16 17 18 19 19 June 2026 Guardian graphic. Source: EarthCam archive. Methodology: Colour of pool averaged daily, calibrated against satellite imagery. Red hues filtered to visualise greens and blues.

A social media post jokes about a Guardian interactive graphic that tracks the changing colour of the White House Reflecting Pool and compares it with the blue of the US flag. The punchline is the absurdly specific countdown to Trump's Fourth of July target, treating the pool's colour as if it were a serious political or scientific milestone. EN: A social media post jokes about a Guardian interactive graphic that tracks the changing colour of the White House Reflecting Pool and compares it with the blue of the US flag. The punchline is the absurdly specific countdown to Trump's Fourth of July target, treating the pool's colour as if it were a serious political or scientific milestone.

• @memetutorial / 20726 2026-06-22