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New Thermal Imaging System Spots Whale Spouts 2km Away
Current Corporation has announced successful results of tests involving the simulation and detection of whale spouts with its new Night Navigator 3 thermal imaging camera system.
An air compressor was used to simulate the spout of a whale in a variety of water conditions. In both day and night tests, the spout was clearly seen through the thermal imager as distances of up to 2km.
"Whale spout detection is essential to the conservation of marine life and the protection of vessels at night," says Current Corporation president Douglas Houghton.
Current Corporation is the manufacturer of the Night Navigator series of day and night vision camera systems installed worldwide on superyachts, workboats, high-speed craft, Coast Guard ships and fast patrol vessels.