diff --git a/crates/re_data_ui/src/image.rs b/crates/re_data_ui/src/image.rs
index c655638fe903..48b363188656 100644
--- a/crates/re_data_ui/src/image.rs
+++ b/crates/re_data_ui/src/image.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ fn show_zoomed_image_region_tooltip(
     image_rect: egui::Rect,
     pointer_pos: egui::Pos2,
 ) -> egui::Response {
+    let response_rect = response.rect;
     response
         .on_hover_cursor(egui::CursorIcon::Crosshair)
         .on_hover_ui_at_pointer(|ui| {
@@ -354,7 +355,8 @@ fn show_zoomed_image_region_tooltip(
                         (remap_clamp(pointer_pos.y, image_rect.y_range(), 0.0..=h as f32) as isize),
                     ];
                     show_zoomed_image_region_area_outline(
-                        parent_ui,
+                        parent_ui.ctx(),
+                        response_rect,
                         tensor,
                         center_texel,
                         image_rect,
@@ -378,7 +380,8 @@ fn show_zoomed_image_region_tooltip(
 const ZOOMED_IMAGE_TEXEL_RADIUS: isize = 10;
 
 pub fn show_zoomed_image_region_area_outline(
-    ui: &mut egui::Ui,
+    egui_ctx: &egui::Context,
+    ui_clip_rect: egui::Rect,
     tensor: &Tensor,
     [center_x, center_y]: [isize; 2],
     image_rect: egui::Rect,
@@ -401,11 +404,11 @@ pub fn show_zoomed_image_region_area_outline(
     let top = remap(top, 0.0..=height, image_rect.y_range());
     let bottom = remap(bottom, 0.0..=height, image_rect.y_range());
 
-    let rect = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(left, top), pos2(right, bottom));
+    let sample_rect = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(left, top), pos2(right, bottom));
     // TODO(emilk): use `parent_ui.painter()` and put it in a high Z layer, when https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/1516 is done
-    let painter = ui.ctx().debug_painter();
-    painter.rect_stroke(rect, 0.0, (2.0, Color32::BLACK));
-    painter.rect_stroke(rect, 0.0, (1.0, Color32::WHITE));
+    let painter = egui_ctx.debug_painter().with_clip_rect(ui_clip_rect);
+    painter.rect_stroke(sample_rect, 0.0, (2.0, Color32::BLACK));
+    painter.rect_stroke(sample_rect, 0.0, (1.0, Color32::WHITE));
 }
 
 /// `meter`: iff this is a depth map, how long is one meter?
@@ -446,11 +449,11 @@ fn try_show_zoomed_image_region(
     debug_name: &str,
     center_texel: [isize; 2],
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let Some([height, width, _]) = tensor.image_height_width_channels() else { return Ok(()); };
+
     let texture =
         gpu_bridge::tensor_to_gpu(render_ctx, debug_name, tensor, tensor_stats, annotations)?;
 
-    let Some([height, width, _]) = tensor.image_height_width_channels() else { return Ok(()); };
-
     const POINTS_PER_TEXEL: f32 = 5.0;
     let size = Vec2::splat((ZOOMED_IMAGE_TEXEL_RADIUS * 2 + 1) as f32 * POINTS_PER_TEXEL);
 
@@ -459,6 +462,7 @@ fn try_show_zoomed_image_region(
 
     painter.rect_filled(zoom_rect, 0.0, ui.visuals().extreme_bg_color);
 
+    // Paint the zoomed in region:
     {
         let image_rect_on_screen = egui::Rect::from_min_size(
             zoom_rect.center()
@@ -477,7 +481,7 @@ fn try_show_zoomed_image_region(
         )?;
     }
 
-    // Show the center text, to indicate which texel we're printing the values of:
+    // Outline the center texel, to indicate which texel we're printing the values of:
     {
         let center_texel_rect =
             egui::Rect::from_center_size(zoom_rect.center(), Vec2::splat(POINTS_PER_TEXEL));
diff --git a/crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/ui.rs b/crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/ui.rs
index 911964c919d0..5bec3dd0feac 100644
--- a/crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/ui.rs
@@ -807,7 +807,8 @@ pub fn picking(
                                         egui::vec2(w, h),
                                     );
                                     show_zoomed_image_region_area_outline(
-                                        ui,
+                                        ui.ctx(),
+                                        ui_clip_rect,
                                         &tensor,
                                         [coords[0] as _, coords[1] as _],
                                         space_from_ui.inverse().transform_rect(rect),
diff --git a/examples/python/api_demo/main.py b/examples/python/api_demo/main.py
index 06963413d49e..6fa22c021ef2 100755
--- a/examples/python/api_demo/main.py
+++ b/examples/python/api_demo/main.py
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ def run_segmentation() -> None:
     rr.log_text_entry("logs/seg_demo_log", "label1 disappears and everything with label3 is now default colored again")
 
 
+def small_image() -> None:
+    img = [
+        [[255, 0, 0], [0, 255, 0], [0, 0, 255]],
+        [[0, 0, 255], [255, 0, 0], [0, 255, 0]],
+    ]
+    rr.log_image("small_image", img)
+
+
 def run_2d_layering() -> None:
     rr.set_time_seconds("sim_time", 1)
 
@@ -405,6 +413,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         "raw_mesh": raw_mesh,
         "rects": run_rects,
         "segmentation": run_segmentation,
+        "small_image": small_image,
         "text": run_text_logs,
         "transforms_rigid_3d": transforms_rigid_3d,
         "transform_test": transform_test,