VNIR

Image:Landsat art Ghadamis.jpg|thumb|A VNIR image of the Ghadamis River in Libya. This is a false-color composite image made using near-infrared, green, and blue wavelengths.
The visible and near-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum has wavelengths between approximately 400 and 1100 nanometers . It combines the full visible spectrum with an adjacent portion of the infrared spectrum up to the water absorption band between 1400 and 1500 nm.
Some definitions also include the short-wavelength infrared band from 1400 nm up to the water absorption band at 2500 nm.
VNIR multi-spectral image cameras have wide applications in remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy. Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite carried two payloads, among which one was working on the spectral range of VNIR.