Infrared Aerial Photo

Infrared Aerial Photos are sensitive to Infrared light which the human eye cannot detect. Aerial Photos are pictures taken generally, from a satellite, of the earth’s surface. Infrared Aerial photos can help show environmental changes across a large area. Generally, these Infrared Photos are called Color Infrared Aerial Photos, because we use false color to illustrate the light; it is false color, because we cannot actually see the light.


The map shown is an Infrared Aerial Photo of San Diego. The red coloring is the color added to show the Infrared light.


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