thermal images

Infrared camera output

Thermal images are pictures that show heat rather than visible light, revealing temperature differences across a surface.

Infrared cameras capture this radiation, displaying warmer areas as brighter or different colors.

Used in building inspections to find heat leaks, medical diagnostics, military surveillance, and search-and-rescue operations: Thermal images showed someone hiding in the brush.

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body temperature · camera · night vision · night vision goggles · thermography · heat map · hotspots · radiation · sensor · body heat · glow · spectrum · detection · surveillance · cold · warm · fever · scanning

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Picture-taking with artificial burst

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