NIST Unblinded Me with Science: New Application of Blue Light Sees Through Fire

This video compares two different views of a laboratory fire spread test, one in normal light and the other with NIST's narrow-spectrum illumination system that uses ordinary blue light to see through the flames. In this example, blue-light imaging allows researchers to observe, track and measure the charring of the wood sample. Shot by J. Gales/York University and edited by D. Sawyer/NIST