Photons

I shot this photo with the help of a lens with the capability described here, while looking for the critter that made the tracks in the snow. The photo shows the green-hued image, typical of night vision devices that gather existing ambient light (starlight, moonlight, or infra-red light) through the front lens. This light, which is made up of photons goes into a photocathode tube that changes the photons to electrons. The electrons are then amplified to a much greater number through an electrical and chemical process. The electrons are then hurled against a phosphorus screen that changes the amplified electrons back into visible light that you see through the eyepiece. The image will now be the green-hued amplified re-creation of the scene created in this photo, shot in the Kananaskis Lakes area.