2024 Total Solar Eclipse Celebration Postcards

 

To celebrate the total solar eclipse across much of North America back in April, I organized a handful of swaps, offering a postcard with photos from the 2017 total solar eclipse and the new eclipse postage stamp from Canada Post and requesting pretty much any astronomy-themed postcard/stamp (eclipses, planets, even weather phenomenon).

Since today marks one month since the eclipse, I have decided to commemorate by sharing the postcards I sent (pictured above, after stamping & sticker-ing & washi taping & writing) as well as some of the postcards I have received in return (page to be updated as more are received).

Solar Eclipse Illustrations

Total Solar Eclipse (Akron OH) from Anderson Design Group

The Great N. American Total Solar Eclipse (Austin TX)

Total Solar Eclipse - 2024 Tour

Outer Space Photos

PISMIS 24 (Earth & Space Postcard Box Set)

 

NASA Curiosity Rover Heat Shield (PIA16021)

 

Life Cycle of Stars

Miscellaneous Space Themes

Space Raccoon

Read more & References!

> "2024 Total Solar Eclipse." In NASA Explore. (2024, Apr 08). https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/.

> "Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024." In Wikipedia. (2024, Apr 24). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024.

> "List of solar eclipses in the 21st century." In Wikipedia. (2024, Apr 12). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century.

> "Solar Eclipse 2024." In Google Doodles. (2024, Apr 08). https://doodles.google/doodle/solar-eclipse-2024/.

> "New stamp celebrates arrival of historic total solar eclipse." In Canada Post Magazine. (2024, Mar 14). https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/personal/perspectives/total-solar-eclipse-stamp-2024/.

> "2017 Solar Eclipse with Totality - Composite." In Flickr. (2017, Aug 21). https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeisaprayer/35885963694.

 

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2024-MAY-08: Original Version