I am not a philatelist, but I gotta have these stamps.I've always been fascinated by the Aurora Borealis; the northern lights. One of the things on my things-I-want-to- do-before-I-die list is "see the Aurora Borealis."
I've come close twice. Once was in August 1988, when there was a spectacular Perseid's meteor shower. I was living in Bowling Green, OH at the time. I'd been to a Smith's concert in Cleveland earlier that night, and on the drive back to BG we were showered with spectacularly bright and searing shooting stars in the night sky. When I got home I got a sleeping bag and went out on the deck over the garage, and stayed up all night watching the meteor shower. The next morning I found out that had I looked northward, I'd have seen the Aurora Borealis.
The second near sighting happened Halloween weekend four years ago. Amanda and I drove up to Harrisburg, PA where her father was living at the time. Meteorologists were predicting the Aurora Borealis would be seen as far south as the Mason-Dixon line that night, thanks to some unusual solar activity. I looked and looked, but I never saw it. Others did however.
I'll keep looking. Someday I'll get to Alaska or Iceland or Canada and I'll see it. Someday.
In the meantime, I'm going to buy some stamps.
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This is also on my must-do/see list. I've always been fascinated by it.
I'm not sure what a philatelist is, but I'm pretty sure you have to register with the authorities when you move.
(I dig the light show too)
Syd, you are probably right; it involves a lot of licking.
I was stationed in Iceland in the early 80's (for a year) and got to see this - words can't describe it and I think I was too young to really appreciate it at the time.
Oooh I have the Aurora Borealis calendar on my wall and I am THRILLED you brought these stamps to my attention. I just ordered 2 sets.
I hope to see it in person someday too.
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