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Biological night vision works on similar principles. Rhodopsin in the rods of the eye break as light hits it. The peak rhodopsin build up time for optimal night vision in humans is 30 minutes. Rhodopsin in the human rods isn't sensitive to the longer red wavelengths of light, so many people use red light to preserve night vision as it will not deplete the eye's rhodopsin stores in the rods and instead is viewed by the cones.
Some animals, such as cats, dogs, and deer, have a structure called the tapetum in the back of the eye that reflects light for even better night vision than humans. Their night vision likely falls between a Generation 1 and Generation 2 image intensifier.
The other method of biological night vision is that of detecting thermal emissions from a heat source. This is prevalent in some snakes such as the pit viper and boas. However, this is not "vision" per se, but more of a system of thermosensitive pits in their face that can detect the amount of heat and the distance to the heat source. There is still some debate as to what degree this information is perceived as "feeling" heat, and to what degree it is processed as an image by the snake's brain.
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All objects emit a certain amount of infrared radiation based on their temperature. This radiation can be detected by a special camera in the same way that a normal camera detects visible light. An infrared camera shows hot areas as white, and cool objects as black. It is independent of the level of ambient light, and can work in total darkness. This makes it useful for rescue operations in smoke-filled buildings and underground.
Images from infrared cameras tend to be monochromatic, because the cameras are generally designed with only a single type of sensor aimed at a particular wavelength of infrared radiation.
This is not to be confused with "near" IR, as the thermal portion of the spectrum is quite different from the wavelengths that CCDs and remote controls operate in.