Type of Conventional Aerial Imagery

Aerial photography is typically available in;
- black & white (panchromatic, grayscale)
- natural color (red, blue and green)
- color infrared  (false color (red = CIR reflectance), black and white)

Power Plant
natural color photo
Industrial Area Natural Color Photograph - Click to Enlarge		 color infrared photo
Industrial Area Color Infrared Photograph - Click to Enlarge		 thermal image (NOT a photograph!)
Thermal Image (NOT a Photograph) - Click to Enlarge

 
CIR and Color Photographs - Click to Enlarge
Cottonwood River Kansas		 CIR and Color Photographs - Click to Enlarge
Government Facility

 
Natural Color Photo (Click to Enlarge)
Eroded Hillslope (Natural Color)		 Color Infrared Photo (Click to Enlarge)
Eroded Hillslope (Color Infrared)

 
Natural Color Color Infrared (CIR)

file name - whyismyhatred.jpg
why is my hat red?

San Francisco
panchromatic
color
color infrared
February 5, 1974 U-2 CIR Photo, Altitude: 62,500 feet, Camera System: Wild-Heerbrugg RC-10, Focal Length: 12 inch (305 mm)

Mapping - Color Infrared Photography
Mapping with CIR - Click to Enlarge