Michael Stuart was recently featured on a special thermography web episode on ElectricTV. In the video, Michael displays his expertise and walks us through a few common situations that demonstrate some of the usual electrical and electro-mechanical applications of thermal imaging. From the electrical distribution panel to motors and pumps, Michael shows us where we [...]
All of the hard work thinking of the answer, down the drain…
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The Answer: This is an infrared image of a stainless steel sink and drain, soon after some hot water went down the pipe. Definitely an interesting thermal image when you adjust level and span to be optimized for the [...]
Perhaps what is at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy causing it to spin? Or something more mundane.
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Leave your answers in the comments section and check back on Thursday for the answer!
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
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The Answer: This is an infrared image of a Sikhote-Alin meteorite sample which has been heated up once again… It is an iron-nickel meteorite with typical “thumbprints” due to atmospheric ablation. There were probably tens of thousands of hot fragments like [...]
I know readers have enjoyed Michael Stuart’s wonderful Teaser Infrared Images posted every week in the blog. While I may have infected him with the “IR Bug,” the “fever” he caught has taken him places I can’t be responsible for (even if I’ve been with him some of the time).
I was particularly intrigued by the [...]
After a bright flash, and a deafening sound, this may have been the common sight on February 12, 1947.
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Any idea what this week’s image is? If so, leave your guess in the comments section and check back on Thursday for the answer!
All aboard!
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The Answer: This is an infrared image of an exhaust stack on a modern cruise ship. Yes… infrared exists on vacation in the Caribbean too!