Image Gallery

Gallery manin picture

Sometimes it's nice to just enjoy seeing a few attractive images from the microscopes. There aren't many pieces of research equipment that produce data to please the eye - so enjoy.

If you want facts and figures look at the other pages on the site. This page is just because we can. As you can see, we sometimes find things down the microscopes we weren't expecting.

Image courtesy of Max.


Pretty Pictures

All of the pictures below were taken by researchers using the facilities at Microscopy Otago. The equipment they used would have been a transmission electron microscope, confocal microscope, scanning electron microscope, light microscope or micro-CT. Some researchers use a range of these instruments to take full advantage of their diverse range of features. No matter what they use,the results can sometimes be spectacular.

If you have images taken at Microscopy Otago and would like to see them on our website feel free to send them in.

Pretty Picture




Neurons (confocal)
Pretty Picture





Lily pollen (confocal)

Embryonic chick eye (confocal)

Pretty Picture



Tuatara eye (confocal)

Pretty Picture



Embryonic chick eye (confocal)

Pretty Picture

Embryonic chick eye (confocal)

Pretty Picture

Embryonic chick eye (confocal)

Pretty Picture

Embryonic chick eye (confocal)

Pretty Picture