.banner {
  
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-around;
    
  background-image: linear-gradient(
      0.25turn,
      rgba(0, 0, 0, 0),
      rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)
    ),
    url("./img/banner_image_medium.jpg");
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  /*
  border-radius: 4px;
  border-color: black;
  border-style: solid;
  */

  min-height: 50vh;
  min-width: 100%;
  
  
}

.banner section{
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: stretch;
  justify-content: center;
  
}

.banner h1 {
  color: white;
  font-size: 4vh;
}

.banner p {
  color: white;
}

.banner a::before {
  display: inline-block;
  font-style: normal;
  font-variant: normal;
  text-rendering: auto;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Free"; 
  font-weight: 900; 
  content: "\f019";
}

.banner a {
  background-color: #0f5b69;
  color: white;
  border-radius: 4px;
  font-size: calc(1em + 1vw);
  line-height: calc(0.5em + 0.5vw);
  padding: 0.5em 0.5em;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-align: center;
}

.banner button:hover {
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 640px) {
  .banner{
    display: none;
  }
}