1. A video system which provides an operator of a vehicle with an enhanced visual display of selected portions of the vehicle's surrounding environment comprising: an illuminator to project short wavelength infrared energy; a single silicon detector for both short wavelength infrared and visible colored light electromagnetic radiation to generate both short wavelength infrared signals and visible colored light signals; a signal processing circuit to produce electrical signals corresponding to the detected electromagnetic radiation and based on said short wavelength infrared signals and said visible colored light signals; the signal processing circuit converting the electrical signals corresponding to the detected short wavelength infrared radiation into a visual display for the vehicle operator; and the signal processing circuit enhancing the visual display of the infrared signal with selected portions of the colored light signal.