rattlesnakes and other pit vipers use infrared vision at night to sense warm-blooded prey. James Webb Space Telescope is an orbiting infrared observatory capable of detecting the first light of the universe. it will replace the Hubble Space Telescope when it is ready for launch in 2011. scheduled to launch around mid-August this year is the Space Infrared Telescope Facility. the military is always the first to experiment with night vision gear. motion capture also utilizes infrared technology. infrared photography makes everything look surreal.