Aurora Borealis on QR Code - 2012, Iceland

QR code on a postage stamp, don't be surprised. Iceland Post in 2012  released a stamp portraying their major tourist attraction Northern lights combined with QR code as part of their "Visit Iceland" - EUROPA stamps series. EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations/enterprises and bears the official EUROPA logo. Till date there are 52 members part of the PostEurop trade association and it continues to grow every year.

Iceland post being the first to combine a motif with a QR code is an excellent representation of embracing technology and exhibiting the main intent, tourism in a crisp and simpler way.

Aurora, ( Northern lights ) one of the important tourist attractions of Iceland could be the best choice for anyone who craves for natural and wonderful atmospheric phenomenon with patterns of green, blue, yellow and pink lights gliding in the cold winter sky.

Initially I didn't want back to back blogs featuring the same country but due to the uniqueness and simplicity of this stamp I can't resist.

Nordia 2013 - Aurora Borealis, Iceland

Aurora is a wonderful natural phenomenon that occurs in the sky privileged only to the high altitude regions of the Earth. The lighting effect in the northern latitudes is known as Aurora Borealis and in the southern latitudes as Aurora Australis.

Capturing Aurora through photography needs perseverance and especially luck as these are bound to occur with many specific conditions such as geographic location, solar activity, weather and clear dark sky. The luminous glow is often associated to green and red colors in the sky.

Collecting stamps on Formula one being the foremost hobby, the stamps on these amazing natural phenomenon was really enticing and there is no reason how easily I took this as my second foremost theme.

  

Iceland post during the NORDIA 2013 - Nordic stamp exhibition that took place in Ásgarður Sports Center, Garðabær, issued a souvenir sheet of 4 stamps on Aurora Borealis also known as Northern Lights. The pictures on these 4 stamps displays bright occurrence of this spectacular phenomenon which could be definitely as a result of professional photography.

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