That space is affected by a complex, ever-changing magnetic field that influences our entire solar system.
Although the space between the sun and Earth appears empty to human eyes, it is actually full of particles and energy from the constant flow of solar wind emitted by the sun. Heliophysics, the study of the sun and its influence on the planets and space surrounding them, has important implications for our day-to-day lives. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Observing plasma blasts and solar flares can help us better understand and mitigate the impact of such eruptions on technology in space. Sunspots, coronal holes and coronal loops, for example, can reveal how those magnetic fields dance through the Sun and its atmosphere. The stamps highlight different features on the Sun that help scientists learn about how our star works and how its constantly churning magnetic fields create the solar activity we see. Each black-and-white image is colorized to the bright hues seen here. The Solar Dynamics Observatory lets us see the Sun in wavelengths of ultraviolet light that would otherwise be invisible to our eyes. The Sun is the only star that humans are able to observe in great detail, making it a vital source of information about the universe. These images come from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in February 2010 to keep a constant watch on the Sun. Postal Service illuminates the light and warmth of our nearest star by highlighting these stunning images of the Sun on stamps. One of the stamps highlights sunspots, two feature images of coronal holes, two show coronal loops, two depict plasma blasts, one is a view of an active sun that emphasizes its magnetic fields, and two show different views of a solar flare. Instead, each image is colorized by NASA according to different wavelengths that reveal or highlight specific features of the sun’s activity. The striking colors in these images do not represent the actual colors of the sun as perceived by human eyesight.
It makes no sense to me what their objective is here and they won't take the time to explain it to me either.Printed with a foil treatment that adds a glimmer to the stamps, the images on these stamps come from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in February 2010 to keep a constant watch on the sun from geosynchronous orbit above Earth. My shop does over $100K in sales yearly, but I no longer feel comfortable with being able to serve my customers from a dependable retail outlet with my Etsy shop anymore when they start deactivating listings of stamps I sold just the previous day. What they are accomplishing is frustrating legitimate, long time dealers such as myself who have been on Etsy for 15 years to leave and sell their inventory elsewhere. The first 10 pages of the search show hundreds of listings for Forever stamps in lots of 100 selling for less than half the face value at the post office so if this is an attempt by Etsy to stem the issue with the counterfeit/fakes it isn't working.
Why the selective enforcement?Īlso noticed that there is no slowdown in the amount of listings for counterfeit Forever stamps when you do a search for Forever stamps. I've written asking for clarification as to why my listings have been removed and yet the same stamps are being sold by other dealers. I've had nearly 15% of my listings removed this month so far and most have been on Etsy for over 8-10 years. But I have no idea why they appear to be trying to remove all postage stamps from Etsy the way they are going at this now. I sell very few Forever stamps and have heard that the USPS was going to ban the sale of Forever stamps at online marketplaces such as Etsy, Ebay, Amazon, etc. Recently Etsy has started to remove several of my listings for vintage postage stamps that are well over 20 years old with the same vague reason that they are "highly regulated items" and current postage.