People who have been near a lot of radiation report that they see an X-Ray of their bones with their own eyes. Why does this happen?

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I was just watching a documentary on soldiers who witnessed atomic bombs from only a couple of km’s away and all of them reported that even with their eyes closed, they could see an X-Ray of their bones.

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Source: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FokopVKMgdU&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=TheNewYorkTimes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FokopVKMgdU&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=TheNewYorkTimes)

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if you press a flashlight into your palm you can see the imprint of your bones since light can pass through the skin and meat but not the bones themselves so they cast a shadow. just imagine that but from something brighter than the sun

it’s not an X-ray, it’s just light passing through the flesh of the arms and the eyelids but leaving dark shadows where the bones are.

it’s the same way the japanese bombs left human shadows. the flash of UV light was strong enough to discolor walls but couldn’t pass through people so they left dark imprints where the flash didn’t touch the wall.

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