Saturday, July 16, 2011

Infrared Aerial Photo

Aerial photos taken at the infrared light bandwidth is a useful tool for landscape ecology, a discipline that is concerned with land use change and those interactions in the ecosystem at large. Infrared light allows to easily discern between different types of vegetation and it appears in hues of red in this photography. When compared to other photos of the same area it allows for to compare the vegetation makeup and the flow and path of the river.

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