Re: Kodak Newsletter (IR part)

[Helmut Faugel TE <htf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> On 13 Oct 99 at 14:03, Todd Martin wrote:
> > Infrared: See the World in a Whole New Light
> 
> Too bad they didn't have it proofread before sending it out....read 
> and shiver:

Well Clark's book about IR photography is over fifty years old, therefore 
it can not contain information which is still valid ;-) (I'm shure WJM
agrees 8^)) 

> > Meanwhile, a blue
> > sky turns black because (fortunately for us) the atmosphere
> > filters out most of the infrared light that the sun hurls at
> > the earth. But clouds glow whiter than ever.
> 
> Uhoh....does anyone else spot the hilarious goof here?....;-))

The author seems never ever heard something about 'scattering'.

> They confuse transmission with reflection....

That's another point.


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Helmut Faugel
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