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

 &

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

Images from research, nature and culture at Rutgers and New Jersey, USA

Rutgers' Botany class in early spring

DNA extraction of fungi in molecular lab

Black water lake with white sand in the Pine Barrens in south-central Jersey (April).

Reed marsh (Phragmites) on the South Jersey coast (April).

Sandy ocean beach in spring in Perth Amboy (April).

Bog with Sphagnum mosses, carnivorous plants, and orchids in the Pine Barrens, a white sand area in southern New Jersey. (May)

Water through the locks at Delaware & Raritan Canal. (May)

Indian corn  on an old farmhouse wall (September)

Salt marsh at Cheesequake State Park, with red-colored fall forests in the distance. (October)

Oak leaves in beautiful fall colors. (October)

Winter snow on a conifer (December).

Photos by Lena Struwe.