A microscope apparatus comprising: a first illumination optical system configured to emit activating light for activating a fluorescent material contained in a sample a second illumination optical system configured to emit exciting light for exciting the activated fluorescent material; an imaging optical system configured to form an image of fluorescent light from the fluorescent material; an image capturing unit configured to capture the image formed by the imaging optical system; an image processing unit configured to carry out image processing using one or more images captured by the capturing unit; and a controller, characterised by: the controller being configured to sequentially repeat (i) and (ii): (i) in a first period, cause the activated fluorescent material to be irradiated with the exciting light and cause the image capturing unit to capture the image of the fluorescent light from the activated fluorescent material a plurality of times; and (ii) in a second period, reduce an intensity of the exciting light or cause the emission of the exciting light to stop, the controller being configured to cause the image processing unit to generate a plurality of super-resolution images, each super-resolution image being generated from two or more images captured in one repetition of (i), such that consecutive reproduction the plurality of super-resolution images generated from respective repetitions of (i) creates a moving picture of contents of the sample. a first illumination optical system configured to emit activating light for activating a fluorescent material contained in a sample a second illumination optical system configured to emit exciting light for exciting the activated fluorescent material; an imaging optical system configured to form an image of fluorescent light from the fluorescent material; an image capturing unit configured to capture the image formed by the imaging optical system; an image processing unit configured to carry out image processing using one or more images captured by the capturing unit; and a controller, characterised by: the controller being configured to sequentially repeat (i) and (ii): (i) in a first period, cause the activated fluorescent material to be irradiated with the exciting light and cause the image capturing unit to capture the image of the fluorescent light from the activated fluorescent material a plurality of times; and (ii) in a second period, reduce an intensity of the exciting light or cause the emission of the exciting light to stop, the controller being configured to cause the image processing unit to generate a plurality of super-resolution images, each super-resolution image being generated from two or more images captured in one repetition of (i), such that consecutive reproduction the plurality of super-resolution images generated from respective repetitions of (i) creates a moving picture of contents of the sample. the controller being configured to sequentially repeat (i) and (ii): (i) in a first period, cause the activated fluorescent material to be irradiated with the exciting light and cause the image capturing unit to capture the image of the fluorescent light from the activated fluorescent material a plurality of times; and (ii) in a second period, reduce an intensity of the exciting light or cause the emission of the exciting light to stop, (i) in a first period, cause the activated fluorescent material to be irradiated with the exciting light and cause the image capturing unit to capture the image of the fluorescent light from the activated fluorescent material a plurality of times; and (ii) in a second period, reduce an intensity of the exciting light or cause the emission of the exciting light to stop, the controller being configured to cause the image processing unit to generate a plurality of super-resolution images, each super-resolution image being generated from two or more images captured in one repetition of (i), such that consecutive reproduction the plurality of super-resolution images generated from respective repetitions of (i) creates a moving picture of contents of the sample.