We visited the US Navy to test the best night vision goggles in the world. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, head to null to try Snatoms – a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically. Huge thanks to Dr. Ben Conley and the entire team at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. You can check out more of their work here: https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Warfare-Centers/NSWC-Crane/ Or their YouTube channel here: null ▀▀▀ Video References: Tyson, J. (2001). How Night Vision Works. How Stuff Works. – https://ve42.co/HSWNightVision Montoro, H. P. Image Intensification: The Technology of Night Vision. Photonics. – https://ve42.co/PhotonicsTech Brain Stuff - HowStuffWorks via YouTube – https://ve42.co/HSWVideo Photonis via YouTube – https://ve42.co/Photonis Operator Drewski via YouTube – https://ve42.co/NVGaming Night-vision device via Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/NVWiki Image intensifier via Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/Intensifier Lodriguss, J. How Digital Cameras Work. AstroPix. –https://ve42.co/AstroPix Kinka-Byo. (2019). What is the physical cause of increasing noise at high ISO? StackExchange. – https://ve42.co/PhotoISO Macias, A. (2015). The secret NVGs SEAL Team Six wore on the Bin Laden raid. Business Insider. – https://ve42.co/BINightVision Van Dommelen, L. Thermionic Emis­sion. Quan­tum Me­chan­ics for En­gi­neers. – https://ve42.co/Thermoionic Nave, R. (2016). Blackbody Radiation. HyperPhysics. – https://ve42.co/BlackBody Night Vision Terminology - Generations. ModArmory. – https://ve42.co/ModArmory NASA (2018). X-ray Detectors - Electrical Current Detections. – https://ve42.co/NASAXRay Images & Video: Osama Bin Laden report, via CNN on YouTube - https://ve42.co/CNNOBL Sicario Night Raid Scene, via Movieclips on YouTube - https://ve42.co/Sicario Splinter Cell footage, via Ubisoft on YouTube - https://ve42.co/SplinterCell Step Brothers Night Vision Scene, via masusockvevo on YouTube - https://ve42.co/StepBrothers Ukraine report, via CNN on YouTube - https://ve42.co/CNNUkraine FLIR K2 Thermal Imaging Camera footage, via Teledyne FLIR on YouTube - https://ve42.co/FLIRK2 Chandra X-ray Observatory imagery, via NASA - https://ve42.co/NASAChandra ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Adam Foreman, Anton Ragin, Balkrishna Heroor, Bernard McGee, Bill Linder, Burt Humburg, Chris Harper, Dave Kircher, Diffbot, Evgeny Skvortsov, Gnare, John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Mario Bottion, Max Maladino, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, Stephen Wilcox, Tj Steyn, TTST, Ubiquity Ventures ▀▀▀ Directed by Emily Zhang Written by Emily Zhang and Derek Muller Edited by Trenton Oliver Animated by Mike Radjabov, Fabio Albertelli, and Ivy Tello Filmed by Trenton Oliver, Emily Zhang, Derek Muller, and Raquel Nuno Produced by Emily Zhang, Han Evans, and Derek Muller Thumbnail by Ren Hurley Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Pond5 Music from Epidemic Sound