20+ X-Ray Shots Showing the World From a New Perspective
Before X-ray was invented, we could only dream of looking inside of something without damaging it. Fortunately, today, it’s not a problem, and a single shot can satisfy our curiosity. Some inventions are made for scientific or medical purposes, and some are made entirely for fun.
We at CHEERY love looking at X-ray shots and finding new details in the things we’re used to. Some of these shots also have interesting backstories.
1. Dental X-ray of a 7-year-old.
2. «Lipsticks! I love that they added some weight to a couple to make them feel expensive.»
3. «I was allowed to wear my glasses during my X-rays. They look pretty neat!»
4. Manicures with stickers can make even an X-ray look glamorous.
5. «Forgot to take out my bars before a chest X-ray today.»
6. This is both cute and scary.
7. An X-ray of a child’s hand.
8. Sometimes, artists reuse the canvas for new paintings. Using X-ray, we can see the original paintings.
9. A patient experienced claustrophobia and had a panic attack during a CT scan.
10. X-ray of a LED bulb from Philips.
11. “Looking at dolphin ‘fingers’ to assess their age. What you see: fingers. What a marine biologist sees: An elderly dolphin.”
“Usually to assess a dolphin’s age you look at their teeth, but once they get past a certain age (around 13) the guesses can only get within a range of 1-5 years. Meanwhile, the bones in dolphin flippers (sometimes nicknamed ‘baby mittens’) grow together with age, so an X-ray can reveal a lot.
Part of assessing the health of animal populations includes being able to see how old the animals are. This one is 58, and is showing signs of osteoarthritis.”
12. «I X-rayed an iPhone and the Apple logo is still visible.»
13. «X-Ray of a plant as a decoration at my local hospital.»
14. Hard to disagree.
15. An X-ray of a 10-month-old baby.
16. «X-ray of my Blue Eyed Lucy’s eggs.»
17. “The radiology waiting room in a local hospital has the usual naff floral decor, except... they’re X-rays.”
18. “I love how sinister these cute, innocent dolls look under X-ray. It shows their true colors.”
19. «My wife’s a ballerina, this is her X-ray while on pointe.»
20. Nature keeps surprising us.
21. «Had nose ring flipped up during teeth X-ray and this is how the X-ray turned out.»
22. “A patient went to take vitamins she had in her pocket, scooped up the ring in there as well.”
“Fun fact, the reason the ring was in her pocket in the first place was because the center stone fell out, and she was going to take it to the jewelers.”
Have you ever seen an X-ray of something really unusual?