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Long Wave Infrared

At this wavelength, sensors require no illumination such as the moon or infrared illuminator and cameras can obtain a completely passive image based on thermal emissions only. This region is also called "thermal infrared." The U.S. military uses LWIR cameras as thermal imagers to detect humans at night.

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