Sites with Microscope images


There are many on-line collections of images taken with a microscope. It would be impossible to collect them all, but the links in this table provide a cross section of different imaging modes and subjects. Some sites now include videos of time-lapse or 3D rotations.

Please be respectful of the copyrights of the image owners if you choose to use any of these images.

Image Gallery Web Site	Types of Specimens	videos	LM	Confocal/ Fluorescence	TEM	SEM	Other
Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy	single celled organisms, bugs, viruses, plants, cells, etc.		_	_	•	•	beautiful colorized images
Microangela's Electron Microscope Image gallery	single celled organisms, bugs, cells, marine life, etc.		_	_	•	•	beautiful colorized images
SharfPhoto - David Scharf	cells, materials, fungi, semiconductors, insects, etc .	•				•	beautiful colorized images
Cells Alive! Crystals Alive!	bacteria, cells organic crystals		•	_	•	•	beautiful colorized images
The Galleria, Molecular Expressions, Florida State Univ.	computer chips, organic crystals, wood, food, etc.		•	_	_	_	_
Nikon's Small World Gallery	biological, materials		•	•	_	_	_
Olympus - list of galleries	biological, materials, insects, pond life (videos)	•	•	•
Leica Microimaging - confocal gallery	cells & tissues			•
DeltaVision Image Gallery, Applied Precision	cells, tissues		_	•	_	_	_
Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley EMU Snowflake page USDA Snow Crystal Research	snowflakes		•	_	_	_•	_
Imaging Technology Group Gallery & Web Atlas, Beckman Inst., Univ. of Illinois	cells, bugs, materials, etc.		•	•	•	•	AFM
Diatom Home page, Univ. of Indiana, Biology Dept. Diatom collection, California Academy of Science	Diatoms		•	_	_	•	_
Crystal-Land	organic crystals		•	_	_	_	_
Biomedical Image Awards 1999	cells & tissues		•	•	_	•	AFM
BIODIC - The Ultrastructures Gallery	plants, cell, fungi				•
BGSU - Algae Image Lab	algae		•
Cytogenetics Gallery	chromosomal spreads		•
Biological movies	cells, plants, organisms, Ca+ imaging		•	•
BUGscope Gallery	bugs		_	_	_	•	beautiful colorized images
Foods Under the Microscope	food		•	_	•	•	_
California Criminalistics Institute	pollen		_	_	_	•	_
Image Galleries, Confocal & Electron Microscopy Core Facility, Princeton Univ.	cells, tissues			•		•	_
CSUPERB Confocal Web Site	cells, tissues		_	•	_	_	_
Molecular Probes Gallery	cells, tissues		_	•	_	_	_
Purdue Cytometry CD-ROM #1 Images	cells, tissues		_	•	_	_	_
Cytogenetics Image Gallery, Univ. of Washington	chromosomes		•	_	_	_	_
MicScape: Introduction to Microscopy Micropolitan Museum of Microscopic art forms Microscopy Movies Microscopy-UK	insects, plants, pond life, marine life		•	_	_	_	_
Algal Microscopy Gallery, Bowling Green State Univ.	diatoms		•	_	_	•	_
Woody White's SEM Images	materials, bus, plants, etc.		_	_	_	•	_
Image Library, Iowa State Univ.	bugs, biological, materials, etc.		_	_	_	•	_
Image Gallery, Light Microscopy Forum	protozoa, rotifers, etc.		•	_	_	_	_
Northern Arizona University - Image Gallery	tissues, cells, plants, insects		•		•	•
Plankton Theater	plankton movies	•	•
Journal of Visualized Experiments (sort of a biological sciences YouTube)	movies of cells and tissues	•	•	•
Tissue immunostaining - Ventana Medical Systems	tissue sections
The Paper Project - Arizona State University	handmade papers			•		•

For lists of other sites with images, consider visiting:

• Biology Image Galleries
• BM Galleries
• Histology»Images of Tissues prepared for Histology (part of this site)