Thursday, February 21, 2019

A Hemispheric View of Venus

A Hemispheric View of Venus
This view of Venus is the result of over a decade of radar investigations by the Magellan spacecraft, which revealed that the planet's surface is between three hundred and six hundred million years old.

This space postcard was postmarked in 2018 with SEVEN Canadian stamps.
Canada stamp 2009
International Year of Astronomy
Horsehead Nebula
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 54 
- - -
Canada stamp 1999
Canadian Horses
Northern Dancer, 46 
- - -
Canada stamp 1992
Olympic Games 
Barcelona, Spain
Diving, 42 
- - -
Canada stamp 1993
Canadian Rivers
St. John River, 43 
- - -
Canada stamp 1993
Canadian Rivers
Ottawa River, 42
- - -
Canada stamp 2007
Beneficial Insects
Hippodamia Convergens
Convergent lady beetle
Ladybug, 1
- - - 
Canada stamp 2014
Insects
Danaus plexippus
Monarch Butterfly, 22

No comments: