Arie van't Riet was an x-ray physicist who worked in hospitals in the Netherlands. A few years ago, he turned his skill with x-rays to art, creating some really beautiful and far-out images of animals, insects, and flowers. You can see some of his art at the My Modern Met blog, and watch van't Riet explain how he creates these images in a TEDx talk.
Beautiful X-Ray art
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