Amazing X-Ray Images of Natural Scenes by Medical Physicist Arie van 't Riet (50 Picks)

Nature is fascinating and being able to study it from different perspectives is an opportunity not many people get. Luckily for us, we get to see the enchanting results of those explorations that are no less valuable than the journeys themselves. 
In this article, we want to showcase the enchanting photographs taken by Dutch physicist Arie van 't Riet. He is a man whose work had taken him on a journey to becoming an artist. Arie specialized in low-energy X-rays in hospitals when he hit upon an interesting form of art. The artist went on to x-ray flowers, insects, lizards, turtles, cats and other animals, creating beautiful works of art he calls "bioramas". 
Arie wanted to point out that his floral-animal x-ray images are not made in the hospital, but in his studio where he has his own x-ray equipment with a license. As a medical physicist, the artist worked in the hospital from 1978 – 2012 in the departments of radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. The x-rayed animals are dead. "In my opinion, it’s not justified to expose living animals to the risk of x-rays for my purpose. I find traffic victims along the roadside. A friend breeds reptiles. In case one dies, I can have it. I buy fish on the market and insects - in specialized shops."

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#1 Ray

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#2 Mouse On Amaryllis Flower

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#3 Finches In Azalea Japonica

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#4 Dragonfly

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#5 Protea And Python

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#6 Young Hedgehog

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#7 Kingfisher

#8 Frog Sitting On A Leaf Of Water Lily

#9 Pomfret Seaweed

#10 Cormorant

#11 Dragonfly And Allium

#12 Snails

#13 Parakeets On Orchid And Gloriosa

#14 Cutlassfish

#15 Octopus

#16 Barn Swallow

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#17 Barn Swallow

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#18 Frog Climbing Chamaerops

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#19 Ermine

#21 Field Of Tulips

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#22 Bumblebee On Dandelion

#23 Duck Near Riverside

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#24 Turtles

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#25 Black-Winged Stilt

#26 Cormorants

#27 Skinks That Climb Into A Heliconia

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#28 Jackson's Horned Chameleon

#29 Chameleon On Orchid

#30 Shrewmouse

#31 Yemen Chameleon Climbs Gloriosa

#32 Nautilus⁠

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#33 Some Types Of Dragonflies Hibernate

#34 Some Types Of Dragonflies Hibernate

#35 Pythons

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#36 Buzzard

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#37 European Hornet On Eucalyptus⁠

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#38 Fox

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#39 Bat And Lizard

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#40 Hedgehog

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#41 Chicken

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#42 Jumping European Brown Frog

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#43 Nowadays The Honey Locust Tree Is Full Of Long Pods

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#44 A Cat In The Fields

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#45 Ants

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#46 Common Moorhen

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#47 Swan

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#48 Pike, Two Roaches And A Perch

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#49 Buddleia Frogs

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#50 Bird Clematis

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