Is photography gels glass works in night?

Kermit2

Joined Feb 5, 2010
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The human eye only sees red to dark blue.

If the infrared could excite a substance to emit light in the red to dark blue spectrum then your eye could see 'infrared'. But only if it is first changed to a freq. in the red to dark blue range. A filter will not do this. A filter will remove a freq from the spectrum passing through, but nothing else. You need a substance which will absorb infrared and 're-radiate' at a visible wavelength. Something similar to the phosphors inside fluorescent light bulbs. They absorb UV light created by electrically excited mercury ions and re-radiate visible wavelengths.
 

Wendy

Joined Mar 24, 2008
23,857
I have seen magic on YouTube, but yet I still don't believe in magic. Do you believe in magic?

Night vision does exist in several forms, but not like this (as has been stated). A simple CCD camera (digital cameras or camcorders) see deeper into the infrared than humans. Simple light sources, such as IR LEDs, will illuminate the scene and you won't see a thing. Far as I know, all night vision is done electronically.
 
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