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infrared photography
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infrared photography [¦in·frə¦red fə′täg·rə·fē]
(graphic arts)
Photography in which an infrared optical system projects an image directly on infrared film, to provide a record of point-to-point variations in temperature of a scene.


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Artistically speaking, the sky is the limit with IR photography.
IR photography is also used in nighttime surveillance.
This uncanny ability to reveal the unseen is why technical professionals in fields ranging from law enforcement, to military surveillance, to medical research, to art history, to biology have long used UV and IR photography to discover crucial observational facts that would ordinarily elude the keenest human eye.
 
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