Forest rangers went out at night with a thermal imager, as used by the SAS. They were looking for deer - but that's not all that glowed in the dark ...

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: February 15, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Mothers tell their children that if they eat enough carrots they will be able to see in the dark. That was exactly what I found I could do one night in the New Forest this week - although the magic element that made it possible was not root vegetables, but a chunky, telescope- like instrument known as a thermal imager.

Out counting deer with the Forestry Commission rangers, I moved into a strange, spooky environment in which heat, rather than light, reveals the secrets of night life on the land. The imager picks up the radiant warmth given off by living creatures, trees and buildings, and is ...

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