Our Planets, The Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Our Planets, The Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

This postcard was postmarked in 2026 from Germany.

 

Planet Mercury in 3D

Mercury - Mercure - Mercurio

Mercury, Venus, Earth and mars are depicted at 5 times the scale of the Sun and other planets.  Main planet on the A side not to scale.

This 3D postcard was bought in Finland in 2017.  

Explore the Crimson Canyons of Mars

Explore the Crimson Canyons
MARS

Art by Steve Thomas
2014

The Terrestial Planets of Our Solar System in 3-D

The Terrestrial Planets of Our Solar System

The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
They are primarily composed of rocky materials.  The Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets and the only planet to support life as we know it.

Photos:
Mercury: U.S. Geological Survey
Mars / Venus NASA / JPL
Earth: NASA Earth Observatory

A Dust Storm on Mars

Dust Storm at Martian North Pole
This postcard is postmarked in 2006.

Handmade Space Postcard

Strange Objects have been sighted in Space
Houston ... We Have a... Postcard?!

I love this handmade card!
The sender is trying out new designs for next years 'National Postcard Week' cards.
It is hand drawn and colored and is from 2007.

Our Solar System

Our Solar System
This postcard is from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

With the exception of Pluto, spacecraft have visited all the planets in our solar system.  The groups of the inner (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) and outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are shown in perspective size on this composite image made of spacecraft images returned from five different missions between 1974 and 1993.

Mars From The Hubble Telescope

Mars
NASA
Photo by Hubble Space Telescope

Planet Mars, NASA

The Sender writes that this is a NASA photo of Mars.
This postcard is postmarked in 2015. 

Planets of Our Solar System in 3-D

The Planets of our Solar System
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury
Data: NASA
in 3D

Note:  Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars are depicted at 5 times the scale of the Sun and the other planets.  Dwarf planets like Ceres, Pluto and Eris are not shown.