Earth and Space: 100 Postcards Featuring Photographs from The Archives of NASA (Collectible NASA Archive Postcards, Space Stationery Set)

The cards are beautiful. They are photos of different views from space. I wish there was a bit more writing space and space for international stamps. I still appreciate the post cards and how they look.

I had no idea there were such lovely postcards out there until I started Postcrossing, and started searching for cards to send. This set of NASA images has just been published in 2017 and I am very well pleased with them.There are no repeats in this set of 100 cards. They are all NASA images, but they were taken in different places, such as from Apollo 4, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Hubble spacecraft, Caltech or the la Plata Observatory. Some images are colorized and some are not. Images range from single space objects (such as our moon) to panoramas (such as the Milky Way).Each postcard has a nice description, such as:"Andromeda and Satellite Galaxies: This image shows the Andromeda Galaxy and two satellite galaxies: Messier 32 (M32), the blue dot just above Andromeda, to the left of its center, and Messier 110 (M110), the hazy blue oval below the central spiral of Andromeda."and"A Solar Flare: SDO captured this solar flare – the brightest, most luminous spot in the middle of the Sun – on December 16, 2014. Solar flares are magnetic storms that release enormous amounts of hot gseous particles and arc out thousands of miles from the Sun's surface."I wouldn't blame you if these cards whet your appetite for larger NASA photos. There are a lot of books out there with great photos, especially the amazing Hubble Telescope pictures. One of my favorites though, is a lesser known book. Beyond: Visions Of The Interplanetary Probes was published in 2013, and covers photos that were part of a travelling Smithsonian exhibit. These photos were all taken from "robotic space probes" and are simply wonderful, as was the exhibit itself.Each postcard in this set measures 5 and 9/16" x 3 and 13/16". The card stock is a little heavier than regular tourist-style postcards and still takes regular postcard postage. The cards come in a lovely solar image-covered box, with a ribbon to ease the removal of the cards.I hope that the people I send these to enjoy them as much as I do.Happy Reader

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Earth and Space 100 Postcards: Featuring Photographs from the Archives of NASAI wanted some great, beautifully printed space cards for my Postcrossing.com hobby. I actually per-ordered these. Came when they said they would.This is not a flip book that you tear the cards out of, they are individual cards with hard edges. They're made out of very sturdy card stock and feel nice to the touch. Standard postcard size, these are not the oversized ones you sometimes see. On the back of the card there are concise descriptions of each individual card, and otherwise its blank space without lines for whatever you want.There are 100 of them in the box as it says, 2 of each image. And they are just stunning, beautiful images. Closeups of planets, stars, nebulae. The images are not glossy like a photo would be at say CVS or something, and I have not noticed any blurry postcards. They come inside this nice fat little box to keep them from bending and getting ruined. They look like they'll stand the test of time and are worth every penny. 5 stars for real, I just love them and can't wait to send them out.

Very nice set of post cards.

The images are splendid. Sorting through them one by one, I feel like I'm looking at the visual equivalent of an Arthur C. Clarke novel.

I purchased this pack of postcards to send at random -- some to people I know, some to addresses I have visited, some with random positive messages to random addresses. The postcards are good quality, sturdy material. The print quality is good. Some of the images are quite pretty and many are images I expect most people could appreciate, but there are plenty that are not that visually pleasing or sufficiently obvious in their depiction that I expect people who do not have a particular interest in astronomy/planet formation/etc. would not really enjoy the images. I would generally say these were a reasonable price for the number and image quality, but the I find the collection has too many images that are not very enjoyable.

I'm a volunteer writer for Postcards to Voters. I had run out of postcards, so I bought this box on a whim.I love the magnificent beauty of these postcards. Only a few have humble images like Saturn's Epimetheus. Most of the cards carry vivid images of planets, nebulae and galaxies. The foil-accented box looks just as lovely as the contents, making this ideal for a gift.As other reviewers have noted, the writing area is small and a faint smudge of printer's ink appears on the backs of a few of the cards. If you write large or long, do not get these cards. If you have a brief message and want to deliver it in a beautiful package, consider these postcards.The clay-coated writing surface is so smooth and non-porous that certain gel pens WILL smear if you don't let them dry overnight. The gel ink sits on top of the surface instead of absorbing into the paper. The 0.7 black Pentel Energel smears easily on this surface. I had better luck with Uni-ball Vision Elite, 0.7 red/blue/purple Pentel Energel pens and a 0.7 Zebra Sarasa Clip.Small writing area and smearing issues aside, I enjoyed using these gorgeous postcards. It was a pleasure writing and mailing them, and I look forwards to re-ordering these in the future.