Postcard from India.

World Photography Day is celebrated on 19th of August every year and it is a day whereby we pay tribute to the incredible art form that is photography. There are those personal photos that we all love and cherish, but there are also photos that tell a story. 

The first photograph was made by Nicéphore Niépce, using silver chloride coating a piece of paper.Photographs got better and better over the years, first with the ‘still camera’,and major jumps in technology affected photography as much as any other facet of life around the world.

With Kodak, Canon and so many other brands out there, it was of no surprise when the market of photography got such a jump.Yet for all the innovation and creativity, science and even the large amount of art that occurs in the photography realm, not much can beat the simple pleasure of snapping photos and developing your frames to enjoy the integrity of the photos.Thank you P.S.O.I and Harish for bringing out this beautiful Postcard celebrating World Photography Day.

Source:Days Of Year.

Postcard from India.

Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on 5 August, and the lander touched down in the lunar south pole region on 23 August 2023 at 12:32 UTC, making INDIA the fourth country to successfully land on the Moon, and the first to do so near the lunar south pole. Congratulating the ISRO team behind the successful Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bengaluru, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the touchdown point of the Vikram lander would henceforth be known as the ‘Shiva Shakthi Point'. He further declared August 23, the day the Vikram lander descended on the moon, as 'National Space Day'.

On 22 July 2019,ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2 and the lander ultimately crashed when it lost contact with earth (ISRO) and deviated from its intended trajectory while attempting to land near the lunar south pole. The crash point is named as "Tiranga" and the crash point in Chandrayaan-1 is named as Jawahar Point.

The lunar South Pole region holds particular interest for scientific exploration due to studies that show large amounts of ice there. Mountainous terrain and unpredictable lighting conditions not only protect the ice from melting, but also make landing scientific probes there a challenging undertaking. This ice could contain solid-state compounds that would normally melt under warmer conditions elsewhere on the Moon, compounds which could provide insight into lunar, Earth, and Solar System history. Ice could also be used as a source of drinking water and hydrogen for fuel and oxygen for future manned missions and outposts.

Thank you Harish for the beautiful postcard with wonderful cancellation.

Postcard from India.

                                        

WORLD POPULATION DAY.

Thank you Harish for the beautiful postcard.