Mike Klassen picked this up in i100:
When Norway released its new range of passports last year, they were instantly hailed as a design classic. Their sleek cover motifs and classy graphics on the inside were beautiful, of course, but the pièce de résistance was only revealed under UV light where the designs were completely transformed.
In a similar vein, Canada’s passports have caused a stir this week, after images of the pages under UV light were posted on Imgur.
But the new passports have actually been available since the summer 2013, Canada just hadn’t told anyone about it.
Normal:
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Under UV:
Just a note that that’s a pic of the OLD passport – the new ones have better designs.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/the-new-canadian-passports-look-amazing-under-black-light/43957/
And why hasn’t anyone shown a pic of the photo and data page of their passport under UV light (you can edit out confidential info) – that the real interesting part
– there’s supposed to be a duplicate passport photo on the right side of the page.