infrared heat cam

Excerpt from a live webcast about global warming. Dr. Stephanie shoots out to the 'heat cam' exhibit on the museum floor, a camera which shows heat as light, to demonstrate relevant principles. Learn more about climate change at www.exploratorium.edu/climate

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• exploratorium
• heat
• cam
• infrared
• global
• warming
• chasteen
• doherty

[cosiweb]

Great video! Neat to see how infrared works

[jgoemat]

It would make you stand out as a moving dark spot instead of light :)

[rjp4505]

lol lets put a huge acrylic sphere around the earth!

[erjohnson227]

Lol they are definately on something.

[drew20007]

wtf? what are they on?

[SpecialOpsM4]

these people are weird

[JuicedupJohnny]

I dont think his pants are up high enough

[tippership]

I KNow the em spectrum , but have soem questions::

Several FLIRS and IRST's on jets can see heat trails emitted from the engines of other jets in the area for distances of around half a mile, this ill attribute to emissivity of JP fuel when heated... but normal Thermal cameras only see the how engine itself, why is this? WHat does it take to see heated gases? We'll never be able to see a person's "heat trail" of heated air ( air is only opaqur in UV) until someone does exactly what with IR? tbc

[tippership]

that's right

[v0nzz]

lol look at his hands in the beginning

[SpringHeeledJack4U]

so would acrylick clothing block you from a thermal rifle scope?