Thermal imaging is the use of heat-sensitive technology to detect or provide images of people or things.
Thermal imaging is the use of special cameras that see in the far infrared electromagnetic spectrum (i.e. heat). Newer equipment can highlight objects that are warmer than the ambient environment — most often people and vehicles with their engines running. Infrared radiation can pass through materials that visible light cannot, like dust clouds and fabric. Smoke from white phosphorus sources can screen in the infrared region as well as the visible.
Thermal imaging is the use of heat-sensitive technology to detect or provide images of people or things.
Thermal imaging is the use of special cameras that see in the far infrared electromagnetic spectrum (i.e. heat). Newer equipment can highlight objects that are warmer than the ambient environment — most often people and vehicles with their engines running. Infrared radiation can pass through materials that visible light cannot, like dust clouds and fabric. Smoke from white phosphorus sources can screen in the infrared region as well as the visible. Various weapons may also rely on guidance via thermal sensors. However, these can often be spoofed with flares, especially if they mimic the heat signature of the vehicle they are meant to protect.