Is this what allows me to see the very faint red/purplish glow of IR led's that form the ring around a lot of security camera's? Or the IR light that is used t

Is this what allows me to see the very faint red/purplish glow of IR led's that form the ring around a lot of security camera's? Or the IR light that is used to photograph my license plate for the license plate tolls? Or is that just imperfections in the creation of the IR light in the first place?