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{{trope}}
[[File:aura vision.jpg|link=El Goonish Shive|frame|Glowing with health and [[Badass|Badassery.]]]]
The ability to perceive normally invisible [[Life Energy]] of others, often [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|colour-coded]] for good/evil, emotions, amount of life, [[Power Level]], etc. This can be presented as [[Functional Magic]], [[Psychic Powers]], [[Third Eye|related to spirituality]], a biological gift, or even technological.
Auras can be seen as a glowing outline or colouring on a
Supertrope of [[Detect Evil]]. Subtrope of [[Psychic Powers]]. [[Sister Trope]] of [[Enemy Scan]] and [[The Force Is Strong with This One]]. When the Aura is representative of something else, see [[Editorial Synaesthesia]], [[Power Glows]], [[Fluorescent Footprints]] or [[Battle Aura]].
For other information displays within a persons field of view see [[HUD]] and [[Stat-O-Vision]]
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* The scouters from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' allow the user to view a person's power level, which is essentially their Chi energy. Many characters can also naturally sense power levels.
* In ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', Riolu and Lucario can sense auras to read people's emotions and see when blindfolded.
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==
* Briefly, [[Superman]] had this power.
** It, and all of Superman's vision powers, are given quite the spotlight in the Superman origin graphic novel ''[[Superman: Birthright]]''. Whether another form of the many frequencies of light Clark can see or something else entirely, all living things emit an ethereal glow that tragically fades as soon as they
*** He had this power in [[Elliot S! Maggin]]'s novel ''[[Miracle Monday]]''.
* The [[Marvel Comics]] ''[[New Universe]]'' character Justice could read auras to determine if people were good or evil.
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* Oakelves in [[The Edge Chronicles]] have this.
* Characters with powers in ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]'' series have Aura Vision. As well as Aura Smelling.
* Theo, the hero in ''[[The Black Saint]]'' is able to sense another's presence, and know their location, even in the dark or through walls.
== Live Action TV ==
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== Web Comics ==
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** Anyone [[Power Glows|powerful]] [[Battle Aura|enough]] glows from the perspective of the reader, so this is nothing new for Shive.
** Later, Pandora on her power-up rampage gave Luke a [[Power Tattoo|magic mark]] with ability to see magic auras. He tried to use it to find someone who can tell him what's the deal with these marks, but got sidetracked (and somewhat spooked) by strange readings from [//www.egscomics.com/comic/2014-05-01 Grace] and [//www.egscomics.com/comic/2014-07-11 Tedd] (due to their unusual nature).
* Tina from ''[[Wapsi Square]]'', who find reading emotions easier than figuring out expressions and body language.
* Vanity Thorn from ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' can apparently see Auras as well as ghosts.
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== Real
* There have been frequent claims that what [http://www.google.com/webhp#hl=en&q=kirlian+effect&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=bzg5UT93e2g Kirlian effect] (aka Gas Discharge Visualization) allows to photograph are auras. Matter of <s>jargon</s> naming convention, of course.
* Not auras, exactly, but many aquatic animals such as [[Everything
* Some other animals, including cats, snakes, and mosquitoes, can see infrared light, which radiates off of living animals. It might as well be Aura Vision - to one of these animals, you will appear to glow. Mosquitoes can even use it to find [[Vein-O-Vision|good spots for biting]].
* [[Michael Crichton]] claims he has this in his autobiography ''Travels''.
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[[Category:Aura Vision]]
[[Category:Sensory Tropes]]
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