Hyperspectral Photography Abby Brack Lewis

Our friends at American Photo have a great feature up today about hyperspectral photography, a technique that takes advantage of the fact that photographs often capture light beyond the visible spectrum. Using the technique, you can peel back history--and see what lies underneath pages that have been blacked out, erased, or written over. It's already leading to new discoveries about Lincoln, Archimedes, Sophocles, and more--what'll be next? Read the full story at American Photo.

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WoW! History reflected upon the written word. Now it will reflect upon the erase, previously written, unpublished word. Are we to be judge by what we didn't mean to say too?


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