Why can’t visible light pass through solids?

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X rays can go through solids.
Radio waves can go through solids.
And both of these are on either side of visible light in the spectrum. Why can’t visible light go through solids?

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Try this, turn on your cell phone’s flashlight, put your finger over the LED, and then look at your fingertip. Next, summon the strangest voice you can and say “phone home”. Not that that last step helps with seeing the visible light passing through your finger, but it helps, just trust me.

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