INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia)
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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 Cook College - Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Images from research, nature and culture at INPA and Manaus, Brazil

Dr. Adrian Pohlit's phytochemistry lab at INPA.

INPA herbarium building on campus.

Dr. Jason Grant and Kate Lepis studying plants in the INPA herbarium.

Flooded forest when the river is at high water level.

Flooded forest in a black water area

Manatees at the zoo at INPA

River boats in Manaus.

Not far from Manaus the white-water river Amazon meets the black water river Rio Negro.

The two kinds of waters don't mix for a long time.