The UC Science photography competition provides a chance to share insights through the power of photography. Breath-taking, bewildering, thought-provoking, illuminating…
We received a ton of amazing images across six categories: astronomy, behaviour, earth science and climatology, ecology and environmental science, microimaging, and people. Check out the finalists below!
Astronomy
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Southern-Skies-by-Graeme-Campbell-1-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/What_s-Behind-the-Misty-Hills-by-Rami-Elsayed-1-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Eyes-to-the-Stars-by-Hugh-Benson-1-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Muriwai-and-the-Milky-Way-by-Linley-Earnshaw-1-1024x1024.png)
Behaviour
![](https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/09/Gone-Fishing-by-Jadon-Probert.png)
![](https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/09/A-Diamond-in-the-Rough-by-Jadon-Probert.png)
![](https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/09/Morning-Snack-by-Jadon-Probert.png)
![](https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/09/Bug-Buffet-by-Jade-Humphrey.png)
![](https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2022/09/Guiding-Light-by-Graeme-Campbell.png)
Earth Science and Climatology
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Africa-by-Hugh-Benson-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/From-the-Sky-to-the-Earth-by-Rami-Elsayed-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Icicles-by-Angus-Loader-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Old-Man-by-Graeme-Campbell-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Sunrise-Flight-by-Tim-Preston-Marshall-1024x1024.png)
Ecology and Environmental Science
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Fungi-by-Linley-Earnshaw-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Harmony-with-Nature-by-Krzysztof-Maliszewski-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Hunting-over-Glassy-Water-by-Tim-Preston-Marshall-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Koru-by-Grant-Jhun-Vergas-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Nature-Power-by-Rami-Elsayed-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Overpopulation-by-Carolin-Weser-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Pukana-by-Jade-Humphrey-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Snares-Crested-Penguin-by-Georgia-Steele-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Summer-Harvest-by-Graeme-Campbell-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/This-Sucks-by-Carolin-Weser-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/A-Beetle-is-Born-by-Carolin-Weser-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Bon-Appetit-by-Carolin-Weser-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Devil_s-Fingers-Stinkhorn-by-Linley-Earnshaw-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Earthstar-by-Linley-Earnshaw-1024x1024.png)
Microimaging
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/An-Imature-Orbweb-Spider-on-a-Pink-Diosma-Flower-by-Joel-Tregurtha-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Colour-Madness-by-Rami-Elsayed-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Eye-of-the-Tiger-by-Michael-Petherick-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/The-Feast-at-40x-by-George-Cox-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/The-Waste-in-Your-Waste-by-Helena-Ruffell-1024x1024.png)
People
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Blue-Cave-by-Alex-Aves-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Into-the-Unknown-by-Graeme-Campbell-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Oi-by-Sophie-Hill-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Photokinesis-by-Olivia-Sinclair-1024x1024.png)
![](https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dist/1/24/files/2022/09/Seeing-Science-by-Thomas-Hill-1024x1024.png)