Seeing Through Fire: NIST Blue-Light Imaging Method vs. Normal Illumination (VIDEO)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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This video compares two different views of a laboratory fire spread test, one in normal light and the other with NIST's narrow-spectrum illumination system that uses ordinary blue light to see through the flames. In this example, blue-light imaging allows researchers to observe, track and measure the charring of the wood sample.

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Shot by J. Gales/York University and edited by D. Sawyer/NIST

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