Ross Dependency (New Zealand) -

" KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOURS ~ CLOUDSCAPES ~ EVENING LIGHTS ~ NATURE ~ NIGHT SKIES."

First Day Cover !

Reverse of Cover gives details, a few words:

1999 ROSS DEPENDENCY - NIGHT SKIES.

'Spectacular' and 'dramatic' are words that come to mind to describe the weather phenomena of the night skies of the Ross Dependency.

After months of winter darkness when only the moon, stars and, at times, the fleeting curtains of light known as aurora australis are visible, it is a joy to welcome the return of the sun during spring months from August to October.

With the onset of the brief Antarctic summer, sunset and sunrise merge as the sun skims along the southern horizon for hours on end.

The stamp issue portrays the fiery cloudscapes and delicate pinks of alpenglow, the kaleidoscope of colours that enhances the mountains, volcanoes and towering pressure ridges of sea ice surrounding New Zealand's Scott Base on Ross Island...

FDI: 17 November 1999 Ross Dependency Agency, Christchurch NZ.

(KDNO22) ~ Psg Cpd Tp.