Homography on thermal images

Has anyone done homography on thermal images? I have images that are colourised (according to a calibrated scale) of metal tubes that are very hot (200-900 degC). In the eyes of opencv, I think there are insufficient features for a good match using opencv and SIFT. Anyone has experience or tips? Example photo here, from an online source.

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