The dreamlike world of near-infrared -

Imagine if you could only see the world in near-infrared. What would that mean? Well, everything would appear fluorescent and dreamlike. Surreal, in fact. And if you decided to add a color tint to certain subjects? Then you'd be talking abstract and unworldly.

Puzzled? Browse this gallery and let these amazing infrared photographs take you into another dimension.

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The world in near-infrared - A nighttime view of Europe from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite.

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USA - A surreal summer scene in Central Park in New York City. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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England - Looking ghost-like is St Margaret's church in Somerton, Suffolk. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Belgium - Is it night or day at Château de la Hulpe in La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant? (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Scotland - Here, Edinburgh appears bleached out. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Portugal - Praia da Falésia, one of the most attractive beaches in the Algarve, looks a wretched and tormented place in this image.

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Australia -

The Kurilpa pedestrian and bicycle bridge in Brisbane. Besides being shot in infrared, the image is also shown as a negative. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Poland - A grim reminder of a dark past, these train wagons at Auschwitz concentration camp look even bleaker detached from the correct color spectrum.

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Italy - Venice Carnival, the epitome of color and costume, is transformed into a subdued and eerie character when photographed in near-infrared.

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Sweden - Does the brick Gothic Strängnäs Cathedral appear as a dream, or on the edge of a nightmare? (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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USA - A simple bicycle path in Barrington, Rhode Island is turned into an avenue overflowing with lavender. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Russia - Dark and ominous skies sit over a brooding Moscow, the result of an infrared filter. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

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Canada -

An insipid but oddly appealing Montreal skyline. (Photo: Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)

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USA - Is the Arkansas River flowing through Buena Vista in Colorado, or across another planet? (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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England - St Lawrence's church in Beeston, Norfolk. The color tint lends the scene a detached quality. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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USA - Use of infrared filters has given this particular corner of Colorado Springs an unusually organic quality. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Canada - Vancouver's looking decidedly blue despite the bright British Columbia day the city is sitting under. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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USA - Teeing off in the middle of the night? No. It's early morning at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Russia -

The landmark Marble Bridge in Catherine Park, Saint Petersburg is almost celestial in appearance.

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USA - With an added color tint, Crested Butte in Colorado now appears flat and two-dimensional. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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England - A tint has also been applied to this study of All Saints church in Crowfield, Suffolk. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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USA - Infrared tends to put the brakes on the vibrant, high-velocity world of motorsport, as this depressed image of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana testifies.

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England - Rowney Wood in East Hertfordshire takes on a moonlit fairy-tale appearance even though it's the middle of the day. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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USA - The colors of Palmer Park in Colorado Springs have been totally transformed in this image. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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England - Clever use of selective color tinting dramatically enhances the skeletal shell of St Andrew's church in Covehithe, Suffolk. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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USA - These horses grazing on a ranch outside Dubois, Wyoming take on an almost ghostly appearance. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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England - Like bruised fingers pointing out an unseen assailant, the spires of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton have been transformed by an infrared filter. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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USA - The forlorn atmosphere of this cemetery at Crested Butte in Colorado has taken on an even more dispirited tone. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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The universe in near-infrared -

A globular cluster of stars, known as NGC 1898, is seen in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) to show near-infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths.

See also: Stellar spectacular: NASA photos that will make you feel small.

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