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It's my understanding that different wavelengths of EM radiation are affected by scattering and attenuation to varying degrees. Would a camera using only X-rays be able to take a picture of something (for instance) a few miles away with similar detail and clarity to visible light?

This might cross over a little with Science Fiction SE due to a fictional situation prompting the question, and me not needing a mathematically super-precise answer.

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X-ray telescopes (XRTs) need to be above the atmosphere as it is opaque to X-rays. So long range X-ray photography in the atmosphere, unless possibly at very high altitudes, would not be very feasible.