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Robot wolf to scare away bears

Yuji Ota, president of precision machining company Ohta Seiki, shows off in Naie in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2025, the Monster Wolf robot, which emits LED light and loud sounds to scare off wild animals when its infrared sensor activates. The company, based in the Hokkaido town, developed the tool amid a spate of bear attacks on humans, some fatal, across Japan this year.

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Robot wolf to scare away bears

Photo taken in Naie in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2025, shows the Monster Wolf robot, which emits LED light and loud sounds to scare off wild animals when its infrared sensor activates. Precision machining company Ohta Seiki, based in the Hokkaido town, developed the tool amid a spate of bear attacks on humans, some fatal, across Japan this year.

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Red Spider Nebula

Handout photo dated on October 26, 2025 shows Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured never-before-seen details of the Red Spider Nebula, a planetary nebula, in this image released on Oct. 26, 2025. NIRCam is Webb’s primary near-infrared imager, providing high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy for a wide variety of investigations. Webb’s new view of the Red Spider Nebula reveals for the first time the full extent of the nebula’s outstretched lobes, which form the ‘legs’ of the spider. These lobes, shown in blue, are traced by light emitted from H2 molecules, which contain two hydrogen atoms bonded together. Stretching over the entirety of NIRCam’s field of view, these lobes are shown to be closed, bubble-like structures that each extend about 3 light-years. Outflowing gas from the center of the nebula has inflated these massive bubbles over thousands of years. Photo by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technolo via ABAC

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3rd XIAN INTERNATIONAL ELDERLY INDUSTRY EXPO in Xi'an

XI'AN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 - Citizens Experience High Energy Infrared Thermometers at THE 3rd XIAN INTERNATIONAL ELDERLY INDUSTRY EXPO in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China on September 20, 2025.

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Apparent fireball reported in Japan

Photo taken by a fixed-point infrared camera at 11:08 p.m. on Aug. 19, 2025, shows what appeared to be a fireball in Nachikatsuura in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. Many people in western and southwestern Japan reported on social media seeing such a phenomenon on the night of Aug. 19.

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Satellite Image Shows Mount Etna Spewing Lava From Above

Handout photo dated June 2, 2025, shows The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite acquired an image of the area at 09:40 UTC, just minutes after the onset of the eruption. On the left, the natural colour image clearly depicts a dense ash plume in the summit crater area, partially obscured by a pyrocumulus cloud drifting westward towards inland Sicily. On the right, a false colour composite using shortwave infrared channels reveals the intense thermal signature of active lava flows descending into the Valle del Bove. Jaw-dropping satellite images shows Mount Etna erupting. At 11:24 am local time on 2 June, the most active volcano in Europe produced a spectacular eruption, propelling a dense column of ash and smoke several kilometres into the atmosphere. According to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the eruption originated from the South East Crater, one of the most active summit vents in recent years. The event was characterised by vigorous Strombolian activity, lava effusion, and a

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Green Peafowl Nature Reserve - China

Staff members set an infrared camera at the Weishan Qinghua green peafowl provincial nature reserve near Kunming in the Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 20, 2025. Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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OVC Expo Opens in Wuhan - China

Visitors try infrared telescopes at the 20th Optics Valley of China International Optoelectronic Exposition (OVC Expo), at the China Optics Valley Convention and Exhibition Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on May 16, 2025. Starting on Friday for three days with more than 20 conferences and special events scheduled, the OVC Expo is expected to attract nearly 400 exhibitors and over 30,000 professional visitors, including many well-known domestic and foreign companies in the field of optoelectronic industry. The exhibition areas at the expo feature the cutting-edge technologies such as lasers, precision optics, "optics plus robot", etc., aiming to showcase the growth opportunities in the optoelectronic industry. Photo by Du Zixuan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Sailing Ship

FUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 1, 2025 - Immigration police use an infrared telescopic detector in the cargo ship's engine room for inspection at the Lianjiang Huadian Storage and transportation foreign trade terminal in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, March 1, 2025.

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International Sailing Ship

FUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 1, 2025 - Immigration police use an infrared telescopic detector in the cargo ship's engine room for inspection at the Lianjiang Huadian Storage and transportation foreign trade terminal in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, March 1, 2025.

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International Sailing Ship

FUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 1, 2025 - Immigration police use an infrared telescopic detector in the cargo ship's engine room for inspection at the Lianjiang Huadian Storage and transportation foreign trade terminal in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, March 1, 2025.

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International Sailing Ship

FUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 1, 2025 - Immigration police use an infrared telescopic detector in the cargo ship's engine room for inspection at the Lianjiang Huadian Storage and transportation foreign trade terminal in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, March 1, 2025.

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International Sailing Ship

FUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 1, 2025 - Immigration police use an infrared telescopic detector in the cargo ship's engine room for inspection at the Lianjiang Huadian Storage and transportation foreign trade terminal in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, March 1, 2025.

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International Sailing Ship

FUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 1, 2025 - Immigration police use an infrared telescopic detector in the cargo ship's engine room for inspection at the Lianjiang Huadian Storage and transportation foreign trade terminal in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, March 1, 2025.

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Webb Reveals Sombrero Galaxy's Hidden Details

Handout photo dated November 25, 2024 shows NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero Galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) in stunning mid-infrared detail. This oblong galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wide-brimmed hat, reveals intricate clumps of dust along its outer ring, illuminated in shades of blue and white. Speckles of stars scatter its inner disk, while distant galaxies dot the black cosmic canvas in the background. The new image, taken with Webb's MIRI instrument, offers unprecedented insight into the galaxy’s structure and the faint traces of young star-forming regions. November 25, 2024. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Webb Reveals Sombrero Galaxy's Hidden Details

Handout photo dated November 25, 2024 shows the view of the famous Sombrero Galaxy in mid-infrared light (top) and visible light (bottom). The James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) reveals the smooth inner disk of the galaxy, while the Hubble Space Telescope’s visible-light image shows the large and extended glow of the central bulge of stars. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) in stunning mid-infrared detail. This oblong galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wide-brimmed hat, reveals intricate clumps of dust along its outer ring, illuminated in shades of blue and white. Speckles of stars scatter its inner disk, while distant galaxies dot the black cosmic canvas in the background. The new image, taken with Webb's MIRI instrument, offers unprecedented insight into the galaxy’s structure and the faint traces of young star-forming regions. November 25, 2024. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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2024 Beijing International Coal Mining Technology and Equipment Exhibition

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - Visitors visit the "Infrared thermal imaging" coal mine safety monitoring system at the 2024 Beijing International Coal Mining Technology and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing, China, August 7, 2024.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-FORUM-TIGER AND LEOPARD (CN)

(240729) -- HARBIN, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Infrared cameras are demonstrated during the 2nd International Forum on Conservation and Recovery of Tiger and Leopard in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 29, 2024. The 2-day forum opened here on Monday, which marks the 14th International Tiger Day. Participants will discuss topics like human-animal conflict, global tiger and leopard population and habitat management. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xie Jianfei)

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Xinhua Headlines: China mitigates human-tiger conflict as big cats make remarkable comeback

(240729) -- CHANGCHUN, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This screenshot from an infrared camera footage shows Siberian tigers in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park (NCTLNP) on March 24, 2023. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Xinhua Headlines: China mitigates human-tiger conflict as big cats make remarkable comeback

(240729) -- CHANGCHUN, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A patroller installs an infrared camera on a tree trunk in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park (NCTLNP) on July 26, 2023. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Dai Jinrong)

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Xinhua Headlines: China mitigates human-tiger conflict as big cats make remarkable comeback

(240729) -- CHANGCHUN, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wildlife protection staff watch the footage of leopards captured by infrared camera in Hunchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 14, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Si Xiaoshuai)

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Xinhua Headlines: China mitigates human-tiger conflict as big cats make remarkable comeback

(240729) -- CHANGCHUN, July 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Infrared cameras are demonstrated during the 2nd International Forum on Conservation and Recovery of Tiger and Leopard in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 29, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xie Jianfei)

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Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024 in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 25, 2024 - Visitors visit the "Infrared Sensing Intelligent Driving System" at the "Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024" in Beijing, China, July 25, 2024.

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Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024 in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 25, 2024 - Visitors visit the "Infrared thermal imaging detector and movement Assembly" at the "Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024" in Beijing, China, July 25, 2024.

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Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024 in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 25, 2024 - Visitors experience the "intelligent infrared thermal imager" at the "Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024" in Beijing, China, July 25, 2024.

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Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024 in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 25, 2024 - Visitors experience the "infrared Telescope" at the "Fifth World Photon Congress 2024" in Beijing, China, July 25, 2024.

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Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024 in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 25, 2024 - Visitors visit the "HD shortwave Infrared Camera" at the "5th World PhotonicCongress 2024" in Beijing, China, July 25, 2024.

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Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024 in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 25, 2024 - Visitors experience the "infrared thermal imager" at the "Fifth World Photonics Congress 2024" in Beijing, China, July 25, 2024.

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-OPTOELECTRONIC INFORMATION-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240706) -- WUHAN, July 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members work on a production line of infrared thermal imagers at Guide Infrared Group in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 28, 2024. Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone, also known as the optics valley of China, is the birthplace of China's first optical fiber and a national optoelectronic information industry base. In recent years, Hubei Province has made major breakthroughs in the development of optoelectronic information industry and accelerated the building of optoelectronic information industry clusters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Du Zixuan)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-OPTOELECTRONIC INFORMATION-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240706) -- WUHAN, July 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members work on a production line of infrared thermal imagers at Guide Infrared Group in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 28, 2024. Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone, also known as the optics valley of China, is the birthplace of China's first optical fiber and a national optoelectronic information industry base. In recent years, Hubei Province has made major breakthroughs in the development of optoelectronic information industry and accelerated the building of optoelectronic information industry clusters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Du Zixuan)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-OPTOELECTRONIC INFORMATION-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240706) -- WUHAN, July 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member works on a production line of infrared thermal imagers at Guide Infrared Group in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 28, 2024. Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone, also known as the optics valley of China, is the birthplace of China's first optical fiber and a national optoelectronic information industry base. In recent years, Hubei Province has made major breakthroughs in the development of optoelectronic information industry and accelerated the building of optoelectronic information industry clusters. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Du Zixuan)

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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes

HANDOUT - The Pillars of Creation are one of the most iconic and beautiful sights in deep space - and now NASA has released a 3D visualisation allowing us to really see inside the most stunning part of the Eagle Nebula. Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation are giant clouds where stars are born. Using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, astronomers have created a comprehensive and detailed multiwavelength look at these towering celestial structures. By flying past and amongst the pillars, viewers experience their three-dimensional structure and see how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," explained principal visualization scientist Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, who led the movie development team for NASA's Universe of Learning. The four Pillars of Creation, made primarily of cool molecular hydrogen and dust, are being eroded by the fierce winds and p

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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes

HANDOUT - The Pillars of Creation are one of the most iconic and beautiful sights in deep space - and now NASA has released a 3D visualisation allowing us to really see inside the most stunning part of the Eagle Nebula. Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation are giant clouds where stars are born. Using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, astronomers have created a comprehensive and detailed multiwavelength look at these towering celestial structures. By flying past and amongst the pillars, viewers experience their three-dimensional structure and see how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," explained principal visualization scientist Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, who led the movie development team for NASA's Universe of Learning. The four Pillars of Creation, made primarily of cool molecular hydrogen and dust, are being eroded by the fierce winds and p

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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes

HANDOUT - The Pillars of Creation are one of the most iconic and beautiful sights in deep space - and now NASA has released a 3D visualisation allowing us to really see inside the most stunning part of the Eagle Nebula. Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation are giant clouds where stars are born. Using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, astronomers have created a comprehensive and detailed multiwavelength look at these towering celestial structures. By flying past and amongst the pillars, viewers experience their three-dimensional structure and see how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," explained principal visualization scientist Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, who led the movie development team for NASA's Universe of Learning. The four Pillars of Creation, made primarily of cool molecular hydrogen and dust, are being eroded by the fierce winds and p

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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb Telescopes

HANDOUT - The Pillars of Creation are one of the most iconic and beautiful sights in deep space - and now NASA has released a 3D visualisation allowing us to really see inside the most stunning part of the Eagle Nebula. Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation are giant clouds where stars are born. Using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, astronomers have created a comprehensive and detailed multiwavelength look at these towering celestial structures. By flying past and amongst the pillars, viewers experience their three-dimensional structure and see how they look different in the Hubble visible-light view versus the Webb infrared-light view," explained principal visualization scientist Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, who led the movie development team for NASA's Universe of Learning. The four Pillars of Creation, made primarily of cool molecular hydrogen and dust, are being eroded by the fierce winds and p

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Rare monkey breastfeeding caught on camera in SW China

STORY: Rare monkey breastfeeding caught on camera in SW China SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:16 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the infrared camera footage of a Francois' leaf monkey breastfeeding her cub STORYLINE: Check out this rare infrared camera footage of a Francois' leaf monkey breastfeeding her cub. The species is one of China's most endangered wild animals. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chongqing, China. (XHTV)

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Gaogang Hub of the Yangtze River Diversion Project

TAIZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 24, 2024 - Power supply staff conduct infrared temperature measurement on electrical equipment operated by the Gaogang Junction substation of Yinjiang River Project in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 24, 2024.

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Gaogang Hub of the Yangtze River Diversion Project

TAIZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 24, 2024 - Power supply staff conduct infrared temperature measurement on electrical equipment operated by the Gaogang Junction substation of Yinjiang River Project in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China, June 24, 2024.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240616) -- BEIJING, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 14, 2024 shows an infrared view of the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yin Gang)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240616) -- BEIJING, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 14, 2024 shows an infrared view of the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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