How does camouflage work?

伪装是如何起作用的?

CrowdScience

2025-08-23

36 分钟
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CrowdScience listener Paul from Uganda is fascinated by military uniforms. The outfits of so many different armies, from different countries all around the world, often look remarkably similar – mottled shades of olive green camouflage. Where did it come from? How does it work as camouflage? And what inspired it? Alex Lathbridge delves into the science, the history and the future of camouflage.
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  • Right now I'm on an unlikely mission.

  • I'm scrambling through a thicket of trees and bushes in a patch of forest just on the outskirts of Prague in the Czech Republic.

  • Big branches.

  • Let's do this.

  • Big steps.

  • Well... I say forest.

  • It's more of a public park.

  • There's a couple walking their German shepherd just over there.

  • There's a bank of portaloos by the entrance.

  • But this bit that I'm scrabbling through, it's quite foresty.

  • Currently hiding behind a tree.

  • It is very hot.

  • It's around 34 degrees Celsius today.

  • And I'm entirely cloaked head to toe in a thick military grade ghillie suit.

  • I am warm.

  • I'm going to find somewhere to hide.

  • Okay, I got it.

  • I got it.

  • This is perfect.