Landscape category
![Christmas at Aoraki: mountain, moraine and glacier. 75 kph gale (not pictured) was an uninvited guest.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0018/331452/christmas-at-aoraki-mountain-moraine-and-glacier-75-kph-gale-not-pictured-was-an-uninvited-guest-073232.jpg)
Christmas at Aoraki: mountain, moraine and glacier. 75 kph gale (not pictured) was an uninvited guest.
Photographer: Bethany Fox
![Campbell Island, 700km south of New Zealand: Perseverance Harbour as seen from Beeman Hill. The University of Otago research vessel Polaris II is visible near the bottom left.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/332929/campbell-island-700km-south-of-new-zealand-perseverance-harbour-as-seen-from-beeman-hill-the-university-of-otago-research-vessel-polaris-ii-is-visible-near-the-bottom-left-073242.jpg)
Campbell Island, 700km south of New Zealand: Perseverance Harbour as seen from Beeman Hill. The University of Otago research vessel Polaris II is visible near the bottom left.
Photographer: Pont Lurcock
![In search of sedimentary rocks in the Dansey's Pass area.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0035/318788/in-search-of-sedimentary-rocks-in-the-danseys-pass-area-073252.jpg)
In search of sedimentary rocks in the Dansey's Pass area.
Photographer: Kate McKercher
![Orographic rainfall forms on the Southern Alps with the deep fault drilling project drill rig in the foreground](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0013/332050/orographic-rainfall-forms-on-the-southern-alps-with-the-deep-fault-drilling-project-drill-rig-in-the-foreground-073254.jpg)
Orographic rainfall forms on the Southern Alps with the deep fault drilling project drill rig in the foreground
Photographer: Hannah Scott
![Sunset on the Otago Schist within the Olivine Range.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/317514/sunset-on-the-otago-schist-within-the-olivine-range-073256.jpg)
Sunset on the Otago Schist within the Olivine Range.
Photographer: James Scott
![Fluted ignimbrite, Cappadocia, Turke](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/296604/fluted-ignimbrite-cappadocia-turke-073266.jpg)
Fluted ignimbrite, Cappadocia, Turke
Photographer: Alan Cooper
![Southern Alps glacial landscape with moraines and terminal lakes of the Mueller Glacier (foreground) and the Hooker Glacier in the distance.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0020/332651/southern-alps-glacial-landscape-with-moraines-and-terminal-lakes-of-the-mueller-glacier-foreground-and-the-hooker-glacier-in-the-distance-073272.jpg)
Southern Alps glacial landscape with moraines and terminal lakes of the Mueller Glacier (foreground) and the Hooker Glacier in the distance.
Photographer: Uwe Kaulfuss
![The waterfalls of Iguazú, Argentina](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0032/296087/the-waterfalls-of-iguazu-argentina-073278.jpg)
The waterfalls of Iguazú, Argentina
Photographer: Sophie Briggs
![Late evening fieldwork on Lake Hauroko, Fiordland National Park.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/323928/late-evening-fieldwork-on-lake-hauroko-fiordland-national-park-073282.jpg)
Late evening fieldwork on Lake Hauroko, Fiordland National Park.
Photographer: Ewen Rodway
![Laki Lava, Iceland](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0020/247304/laki-lava-iceland-073284.jpg)
Laki Lava, Iceland
Photographer: Jack Ensor
![At the head of the Landsborough River, West Coast, New Zealand](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/321628/at-the-head-of-the-landsborough-river-west-coast-new-zealand-073290.jpg)
At the head of the Landsborough River, West Coast, New Zealand
Photographer: Willy Sanson
![A race against the light during fieldwork on the shores of Lake Monowai, Fiordland National Park.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0012/331041/a-race-against-the-light-during-fieldwork-on-the-shores-of-lake-monowai-fiordland-national-park-073292.jpg)
A race against the light during fieldwork on the shores of Lake Monowai, Fiordland National Park.
Photographer: Ewen Rodway
![Volcanologist TV. Live view of Mt. Erebus featuring today! Ross Island, Antarctica.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0023/329306/volcanologist-tv-live-view-of-mt-erebus-featuring-today-ross-island-antarctica-073294.jpg)
Volcanologist TV. Live view of Mt. Erebus featuring today! Ross Island, Antarctica.
Photographer: Daniel Jones
![The vast emptiness of the Ross Ice shelf is interrupted by Mt. Terror on the horizon. Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/331917/the-vast-emptiness-of-the-ross-ice-shelf-is-interrupted-by-mt-terror-on-the-horizon-ross-ice-shelf-antarctica-073296.jpg)
The vast emptiness of the Ross Ice shelf is interrupted by Mt. Terror on the horizon. Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
Photographer: Daniel Jones
![Red Mountain in South Westland. Foreground to distance: diorite, serpentine, peridotite, schist.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0023/330953/red-mountain-in-south-westland-foreground-to-distance-diorite-serpentine-peridotite-schist-073300.jpg)
Red Mountain in South Westland. Foreground to distance: diorite, serpentine, peridotite, schist.
Photographer: Nicolas Barth
![Examining the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt in Mt Aspiring National Park.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0030/326865/examining-the-dun-mountain-ophiolite-belt-in-mt-aspiring-national-park-073306.jpg)
Examining the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt in Mt Aspiring National Park.
Photographer: James Scott
![Geologists hiking down the barren and rugged ridge to Hunters Hut, Red Hills, Nelson](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/329710/geologists-hiking-down-the-barren-and-rugged-ridge-to-hunters-hut-red-hills-nelson-073312.jpg)
Geologists hiking down the barren and rugged ridge to Hunters Hut, Red Hills, Nelson
Photographer: Charlotte Buxton-Blue
![Geologists traverse the iron-rich landscape of the Red Hills Ultramafic Massif.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0029/329357/geologists-traverse-the-iron-rich-landscape-of-the-red-hills-ultramafic-massif-073314.jpg)
Geologists traverse the iron-rich landscape of the Red Hills Ultramafic Massif.
Photographer: Zoe Reid Lindroos
![Looking east towards the Rock and Pillar Range from atop Rough Ridge.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0017/324350/looking-east-towards-the-rock-and-pillar-range-from-atop-rough-ridge-073318.jpg)
Looking east towards the Rock and Pillar Range from atop Rough Ridge.
Photographer: Sam Bain
![Rock formations, Valley of Love, Cappadocia, Turkey](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0031/314995/rock-formations-valley-of-love-cappadocia-turkey-073320.jpg)
Rock formations, Valley of Love, Cappadocia, Turkey
Photographer: Alan Cooper
![Artisanal miners re-working an abandoned open pit Cu/Co mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/331365/artisanal-miners-re-working-an-abandoned-open-pit-cu-co-mine-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-073326.jpg)
Artisanal miners re-working an abandoned open pit Cu/Co mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Photographer: Simon Sheppard
![Breakfast on the Polaris II](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/285313/breakfast-on-the-polaris-ii-073332.jpg)
Breakfast on the Polaris II
Photographer: Chris Green
![Sunset over the volcanic hills of Campbell Island from Perseverance Harbour](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0026/328148/sunset-over-the-volcanic-hills-of-campbell-island-from-perseverance-harbour-073334.jpg)
Sunset over the volcanic hills of Campbell Island from Perseverance Harbour
Photographer: Andrew Gorman
![An alpine tarn surrounded by snow capped schist.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0018/311814/an-alpine-tarn-surrounded-by-snow-capped-schist-073338.jpg)
An alpine tarn surrounded by snow capped schist.
Photographer: Jesse Loughnan
![Precariously balanced schist at the apex of a tor overlooking the Strath Taieri Valley](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/329860/precariously-balanced-schist-at-the-apex-of-a-tor-overlooking-the-strath-taieri-valley-073342.jpg)
Precariously balanced schist at the apex of a tor overlooking the Strath Taieri Valley
Photographer: Sam Bain
Field category
![Blending in with the locals; fieldwork upon Macfarlane Ridge, Haast.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0025/324547/blending-in-with-the-locals-fieldwork-upon-macfarlane-ridge-haast-073226.jpg)
Blending in with the locals; fieldwork upon Macfarlane Ridge, Haast.
Photographer: Sophie Briggs
![Demonstration of how to take a photograph of outcrops with a proper scale, Alpine Fault footwall rocks](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0019/331561/demonstration-of-how-to-take-a-photograph-of-outcrops-with-a-proper-scale-alpine-fault-footwall-rocks-073228.jpg)
Demonstration of how to take a photograph of outcrops with a proper scale, Alpine Fault footwall rocks
Photographer: Hannah Scott
![An imposing anticline on the coast of Pembrokeshire, south Wales. People show both scale and inferred direction of compression.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0018/332343/an-imposing-anticline-on-the-coast-of-pembrokeshire-south-wales-people-show-both-scale-and-inferred-direction-of-compression-073230.jpg)
An imposing anticline on the coast of Pembrokeshire, south Wales. People show both scale and inferred direction of compression.
Photographer: Pont Lurcock
![Students examining a 3m wide intrusive basalt dike at Acadia National Park in Maine, USA](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/330565/students-examining-a-3m-wide-intrusive-basalt-dike-at-acadia-national-park-in-maine-usa-073234.jpg)
Students examining a 3m wide intrusive basalt dike at Acadia National Park in Maine, USA
Photographer: Zack Churchill
![Bifurcating dykes - Camp Cove, Campbell Island](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0026/307709/bifurcating-dykes-camp-cove-campbell-island-073236.jpg)
Bifurcating dykes - Camp Cove, Campbell Island
Photographer: Andrew Gorman
![Fallen block of columnar basalt on the beach at the base of a landslide at Blackhead Quarry. Basking in the mid afternoon sun.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/332392/fallen-block-of-columnar-basalt-on-the-beach-at-the-base-of-a-landslide-at-blackhead-quarry-basking-in-the-mid-afternoon-sun-073238.jpg)
Fallen block of columnar basalt on the beach at the base of a landslide at Blackhead Quarry. Basking in the mid afternoon sun.
Photographer: Rob Choveaux
![Quartzose sandstone of the Brunner Coal Measures, edge of the Denniston Plateau, Buller.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0033/329964/quartzose-sandstone-of-the-brunner-coal-measures-edge-of-the-denniston-plateau-buller-073240.jpg)
Quartzose sandstone of the Brunner Coal Measures, edge of the Denniston Plateau, Buller.
Photographer: Lucy Molony
![Dunedin Volcanic complex, Second Beach - getting hammered!](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0026/318437/dunedin-volcanic-complex-second-beach-getting-hammered-073246.jpg)
Dunedin Volcanic complex, Second Beach - getting hammered!
Photographer: Chris Green
![Hexagonal close packing, Giant's Causeway](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0026/303875/hexagonal-close-packing-giants-causeway-073248.jpg)
Hexagonal close packing, Giant's Causeway
Photographer: Alan Cooper
![Diamond drill core from an exploration prospect in the Yukon, Canada.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0020/324344/diamond-drill-core-from-an-exploration-prospect-in-the-yukon-canada-073250.jpg)
Diamond drill core from an exploration prospect in the Yukon, Canada.
Photographer: Doug MacKenzie
![Dolmen (megalithic tomb), Donegal](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/291532/dolmen-megalithic-tomb-donegal-073258.jpg)
Dolmen (megalithic tomb), Donegal
Photographer: Alan Cooper
![Dyke and sill intrusion into Dalradian quartzites, Donegal](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0013/320035/dyke-and-sill-intrusion-into-dalradian-quartzites-donegal-073260.jpg)
Dyke and sill intrusion into Dalradian quartzites, Donegal
Photographer: Alan Cooper
![Mapping a mafic dike in the Red Hills ultramafic massif](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/318718/mapping-a-mafic-dike-in-the-red-hills-ultramafic-massif-073262.jpg)
Mapping a mafic dike in the Red Hills ultramafic massif
Photographer: Charlotte Buxton-Blue
![Flute casts in Paleozoic greywacke, County Down, Northern Ireland](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0019/323560/flute-casts-in-paleozoic-greywacke-county-down-northern-ireland-073264.jpg)
Flute casts in Paleozoic greywacke, County Down, Northern Ireland
Photographer: Alan Cooper
![Fluted ignimbrite, Cappadocia, Turkey](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0026/294236/fluted-ignimbrite-cappadocia-turkey-073268.jpg)
Fluted ignimbrite, Cappadocia, Turkey
Photographer: Alan Cooper
![A seismic survey below the Franz Josef glacier. One of the more scenic and busy field locations to visit.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0025/331648/a-seismic-survey-below-the-franz-josef-glacier-one-of-the-more-scenic-and-busy-field-locations-to-visit-073270.jpg)
A seismic survey below the Franz Josef glacier. One of the more scenic and busy field locations to visit.
Photographer: Sam Bain
![Heimaey Island, South of Iceland. The rocks in the foreground are from this recent eruption, while volcanic islands in the background were formed millions of years ago.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0030/332886/heimaey-island-south-of-iceland-the-rocks-in-the-foreground-are-from-this-recent-eruption-while-volcanic-islands-in-the-background-were-formed-millions-of-years-ago-073276.jpg)
Heimaey Island, South of Iceland. The rocks in the foreground are from this recent eruption, while volcanic islands in the background were formed millions of years ago.
Photographer: Conor Maginn
![Laki Lava, Iceland](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0017/252035/laki-lava-iceland-073286.jpg)
Laki Lava, Iceland
Photographer: Jack Ensor
![Laki Lava, Iceland](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0020/251165/laki-lava-iceland-073288.jpg)
Laki Lava, Iceland
Photographer: Jack Ensor
![Young marine fossils found at 400m elevation adjacent to the Alpine Fault. Dating these shells will provide a great constraint on Alpine Fault uplift rates in the area.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0023/332915/-young-marine-fossils-found-at-400m-elevation-adjacent-to-the-alpine-fault-dating-these-shells-will-provide-a-great-constraint-on-alpine-fault-uplift-rates-in-the-area-073302.jpg)
Young marine fossils found at 400m elevation adjacent to the Alpine Fault. Dating these shells will provide a great constraint on Alpine Fault uplift rates in the area.
Photographer: Nicolas Barth
![Sandflies await their meal](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0031/275179/sandflies-await-their-meal-073304.jpg)
Sandflies await their meal
Photographer: Doug MacKenzie
![Minimalist geological approach to field work in the Otaio Gorge... where do they put the rocks?](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0030/330888/minimalist-geological-approach-to-field-work-in-the-otaio-gorge-where-do-they-put-the-rocks-073316.jpg)
Minimalist geological approach to field work in the Otaio Gorge... where do they put the rocks?
Photographer: Kate McKercher
![Mount Ruapehu's steaming Crater Lake surrounded by andesitic lava and tephra. The collapse of the lake rim has generated devastating lahars in the past.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/332767/mount-ruapehus-steaming-crater-lake-surrounded-by-andesitic-lava-and-tephra-the-collapse-of-the-lake-rim-has-generated-devastating-lahars-in-the-past-073322.jpg)
Mount Ruapehu's steaming Crater Lake surrounded by andesitic lava and tephra. The collapse of the lake rim has generated devastating lahars in the past.
Photographer: Uwe Kaulfuss
![A sinister swimming companion guarding an outcrop of peridotite. Red Hills, Mt Richmond Forest Park.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0020/331409/a-sinister-swimming-companion-guarding-an-outcrop-of-peridotite-red-hills-mt-richmond-forest-park-073328.jpg)
A sinister swimming companion guarding an outcrop of peridotite. Red Hills, Mt Richmond Forest Park.
Photographer: Ewen Rodway
![GEOL 273/373 trip to Sunnyside Bend, Borland: strat columns become less complicated when almost all your outcrop is under water!](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0018/332406/geol-273-373-trip-to-sunnyside-bend-borland-strat-columns-become-less-complicated-when-almost-all-your-outcrop-is-under-water-073330.jpg)
GEOL 273/373 trip to Sunnyside Bend, Borland: strat columns become less complicated when almost all your outcrop is under water!
Photographer: Bethany Fox
![A large offset fault in the Sinclair Mountains. Thar for scale.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0016/321433/a-large-offset-fault-in-the-sinclair-mountains-thar-for-scale-073340.jpg)
A large offset fault in the Sinclair Mountains. Thar for scale.
Photographer: Jesse Loughnan
Micro scale category
![Alpine Fault cataclasite, with grains of quartz at different stages of fragmentation](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0030/329592/alpine-fault-cataclasite-with-grains-of-quartz-at-different-stages-of-fragmentation-073244.jpg)
Alpine Fault cataclasite, with grains of quartz at different stages of fragmentation
Photographer: Hannah Scott
![Disseminated gold in quartz, from the 627 metre deep Waiuta mine. Coin as scale.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0018/328203/disseminated-gold-in-quartz-from-the-627-metre-deep-waiuta-mine-coin-as-scale-073274.jpg)
Disseminated gold in quartz, from the 627 metre deep Waiuta mine. Coin as scale.
Photographer: Jesse Loughnan
![Large rectangular grain of ilminite at a high angle to foliation. Large grains of mica have grown in the strain shadow of the ilminite.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/332553/large-rectangular-grain-of-ilminite-at-a-high-angle-to-foliation-large-grains-of-mica-have-grown-in-the-strain-shadow-of-the-ilminite-073280.jpg)
Large rectangular grain of ilminite at a high angle to foliation. Large grains of mica have grown in the strain shadow of the ilminite.
Photographer: Sam Bain
![Backscatter image of low friction Alpine Fault gouge from the southern Alpine Fault at 200x. Dark shades are quartz, midtones are calcite, and most light shades are sphene.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0018/332910/backscatter-image-of-low-friction-alpine-fault-gouge-from-the-southern-alpine-fault-at-200x-dark-shades-are-quartz-midtones-are-calcite-and-most-light-shades-are-sphene-073297.jpg)
Backscatter image of low friction Alpine Fault gouge from the southern Alpine Fault at 200x. Dark shades are quartz, midtones are calcite, and most light shades are sphene.
Photographer: Nicolas Barth
![Pyrite in glauconitic siltstone from the Abbotsford Formation at Fairfield Quarry near Dunedin, photographed under transmitted and reflected light.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0020/332750/pyrite-in-glauconitic-siltstone-from-the-abbotsford-formation-at-fairfield-quarry-near-dunedin-photographed-under-transmitted-and-reflected-light-073308.jpg)
Pyrite in glauconitic siltstone from the Abbotsford Formation at Fairfield Quarry near Dunedin, photographed under transmitted and reflected light.
Photographer: Pont Lurcock
![Reefton gold at the micro-scale](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/290845/reefton-gold-at-the-micro-scale-073310.jpg)
Reefton gold at the micro-scale
Photographer: Ant Rayner
![Infiltration of a hot fluid at low pressure has caused formation of olivine-spinel-plagioclase symplectites and then wormy amphibole-plagioclase kelyphites after eclogite facies garnet. Backscattered electron image.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/333058/infiltration-of-a-hot-fluid-at-low-pressure-has-caused-formation-of-olivine-spinel-plagioclase-symplectites-and-then-wormy-amphibole-plagioclase-kelyphites-after-eclogite-facies-garnet-backscattered-e-073336.png)
Infiltration of a hot fluid at low pressure has caused formation of olivine-spinel-plagioclase symplectites and then wormy amphibole-plagioclase kelyphites after eclogite facies garnet. Backscattered electron image.
Photographer: James Scott
![Thin section of Westland Granite with crossed polars and sensitive tint plate inserted. Field of view is 5mm.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0028/331894/thin-section-of-westland-granite-with-crossed-polars-and-sensitive-tint-plate-inserted-field-of-view-is-5mm-073344.jpg)
Thin section of Westland Granite with crossed polars and sensitive tint plate inserted. Field of view is 5mm.
Photographer: Joe Vincent
![Varved lake sediment from the early Miocene Foulden Maar, Otago. Summer/spring laminae consisting of siliceous frustules of pennate diatoms alternating with an autumn/winter lamina of fine organic detritus, centric diatoms (yellow), sponge spicules (green), and algal resting spores (red). Colors in this SEM image are artificial.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/333129/varved-lake-sediment-from-the-early-miocene-foulden-maar-otago-summer-spring-laminae-consisting-of-siliceous-frustules-of-pennate-diatoms-alternating-with-an-autumn-winter-lamina-of-fine-organic-detri-073324.jpg)
Varved lake sediment from the early Miocene Foulden Maar, Otago. Summer/spring laminae consisting of siliceous frustules of pennate diatoms alternating with an autumn/winter lamina of fine organic detritus, centric diatoms (yellow), sponge spicules (green), and algal resting spores (red). Colors in this SEM image are artificial.
Photographer: Uwe Kaulfuss
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