From:	David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject:	Re: thermographic vision-question
Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:40:10 -0700

For the mere cost of a Thaum, Jester wrote:
/
/ O.K. Surely you guys/and gals on this list, can help me. I have this
/ player in the group who sees thermographic vision as the ultimate
/ solution to perception tests. He states that with thermographic
/ vision you can see nearly (through) everything. I think he's
/ mistaking it for IR-vision, but I can't get that in his head.
/
/ Could someone please post a mail explaining what thermographic vision
/ is, and how it works. Preferably long, with lot's of difficult words
/ in it (his English isn't that good:)).

I take it he's seen the Robocop movie where Robo uses his "IR" vision
to see through walls :)

It doesn't work that way.

A better representation would be the Predator movies. That's how
thermographic vision works. Combine it with the ability to see in the
"normal" spectrum and you'll get an idea of how metahumans with
thermographic vision see the world.

Other members can explain the physics of it better.

-David B.
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