Can NightStars beam penetrate through smoke?
Experiments conducted in the “Zero Visibility Smoke Chamber” at the firefighting training and test facility in Loveland, Colorado demonstrated that OmegaLite’s blue-white beam, though not useful as an illumination source, is quite effective as an emergency signaling light and can be seen through smoke over 20 feet away. By comparison, the high power lights typically used by firefighters penetrate only a few feet through smoke while simultaneously back scattering off the smoke particles and blinding the searcher. OmegaLite’s beam appears as a blue-white shaft of light that extends out 3 to 4 feet from the searcher and has no blinding backscatter problems. (All tests were made possible by the tremendous support of the Loveland Fire Department.
