March 6 – Invisible Light

This image of Gooseberry Falls was captured with a specialized camera that detects more than our eyes do. Human vision is limited to visible light, but digital sensors can detect a wider spectrum of light. To create natural-looking photos, manufacturers block infrared light with an internal filter. In this image, the filter was removed, allowing the camera to record near-infrared light.

Plants reflect large amounts of infrared light to prevent overheating. That’s why trees glow white, grass appears snowy, and leaves shine so brightly. It’s a hidden layer of beauty — always present, yet invisible to our natural sight.

It’s amazing how something so real can surround us every day and still go unseen.

“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made…” — Romans 1:20

Like infrared light, God’s presence is not always visible to our eyes, yet His fingerprints are everywhere. When we view creation through the lens of Scripture, we begin to see what has been there all along — quiet evidence of a loving Creator working behind the scenes.