Virtual gallery

A single diatom (algae) cell wall which is made of silica imaged in the Zeiss Supra 55VP Scanning Electron Microscope

A group of diatom (algae) cell walls made of silica imaged in the Zeiss Supra 55VP Scanning Electron Microscope

More image of diatom (algae) cell walls made of silica imaged in the Scanning Electron Microscope

A single diatom (algae) cell wall imaged in the Scanning Electron Microscope from bird’s eye view

Artificial colour applied to scanning electron microscope image of human hairs taken in the FEI Quanta 200 Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)

A backscattered electron image of abalone shell nacre which is made of very thin sheets of nacre (aragonite - calcium carbonate) that gives it its distinctive mother-of-pearl colouring

A hair on the back of a bee, imaged in the FEI Quanta 200 ESEM

A "forest" of hairs on the back of a bee, imaged in the FEI Quanta 200 Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)

The mould filaments and spores from a piece of King Island Dairy Roaring Forties Blue Cheese imaged in the FEI Quanta 200 ESEM

The plant cell walls of a sparkling wine cork imaged in the FEI XL30 ESEM

Crystals on the surface of a sparkling wine cork, imaged in the FEI XL30 ESEM

A group of Sydney Rock Oyster larvae imaged in the FEI XL30 ESEM.

"Sticky liquid" between two Sydney Rock Oyster larvae imaged in the FEI XL30 ESEM

The surface and cross-section of a leaf imaged in the Zeiss Supra 55VP Scanning Electron Microscope

The surface of a lemongrass leaf imaged in the FEI Quanta 200 ESEM

A hairy stomata cell on the surface of a lemongrass leaf imaged in the FEI Quanta 200 ESEM

A pollen grain imaged in the Quanta 200 ESEM

The periodic structure seen in a synthetic polymer "opal" imaged in the Zeiss Supra 55VP Scanning Electron Microscope

Worm tissue (muscle) imaged in the scanning electron microscope