https://www.rogerhangarter.net/gallery daily 0.75 2023-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1548966051198-N1X8S90T6DVDCQ9BJIFX/RH4_6893+MilkweedFlower_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca - Bloomington, IN - 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1550847778528-3SYP1QNHM1QMUTY1GB8Y/DSC_8178+DamselflyNymph_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Zygoptera Damselfly nymphs live in many freshwater habitats and are voracious predators of smaller pond creatures, including mosquito larvae. They resemble dragonflies in their adult stage but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Yellowwood State Forest, IN 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1548973070847-1ADUBJUIXDPQJKA5DXKN/RH3_1950+MiniOrb_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Birefringence Spiderwebs are made of birefringent material. Birefringence is an optical phenomenon that can occur with materials which have a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. Spiderweb fibers also have other optical properties that result in wavelength interference and contribute to the development of discrete color bands. Bloomington, IN 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1550848113867-OPZQGSLJ5KGBA1DFIQRT/RedbudGrackle_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Grackle in Redbud The eastern redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) is a small legume tree native to eastern North America. The common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is a passerine that is also native to North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1549642031260-SZJDMIN29194UX6YQ3O9/RH1_4034+TadpoleStargazing_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Waiting for ET Well, not exactly stargazing. Wood frog tadpole resting on leaf litter with protozoan “stars” in the pond water. 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1548968328878-EGB0D2QF6OOFHNWAWCZ9/RH1_9245+TulipTreeLeaf_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Tulip Tree Leaf Leaf veins are crucial for distributing water and nutrition throughout the body of plants. They create a tapestry of texture in this tulip tree leaf (Liriodendron tulipifera) - Bloomington, IN 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1549134019175-J2KJ8Y8Y0FW3VE48A0TO/RH1_0630+Protozoa_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Pond Water Light reflecting off of the microscopic bodies of protozoa in pond water as they swim among the currents left by larger creatures can create abstract images of pond water life. 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1550847413926-JW7TAUYX4K6LA1OPUKYY/DSC_6042+Smallworld_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Wanting Out A spotted salamander tadpole (Ambystoma maculatum) contemplates escape from its egg capsule. The egg capsule contains a green alga (Oophila amblystomatis) which provides oxygen that helps fuel the tadpole’s growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1549155801841-3F27WER4UYP9X5QV6ZQT/DSC_4647+MothCrypsis_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Moth Moth on leaf litter. Yellowwood State Forest, IN 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1549231258078-YYJL7NE4HLFFV7CEW1DG/mating+newts+DSC_7315_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Being Newty A male eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), in amplexus with a female (below), entices her to mate by wafting pheromone towards her with his tail. Yellowwood State Forest, IN 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1549062106276-25OHLUX1APFZ1NP8Z42H/RH3_8496+Grackle_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Common Grackle The long thick bill, pale iris and the iridescence of their feathers are among the features that distinguish Grackles from other black birds. Bloomington, IN 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1549212604169-QJA05RDX4HY5UU49FYRV/DSC_4811+HowlerMonkey_SqSp.jpg Gallery - Alpha Male Male Howler monkey at the La Selva Biological Research Station watching over the members of his troop as they moved across a gap between trees where they were feeding. Most mornings around sunrise at the station, the booming calls of howler monkeys resonate through the air. No alarm clocks are needed. 2013. https://www.rogerhangarter.net/san-juan-bike-trip daily 0.75 2019-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565912504145-1RHJE7BYZIR9SXTXOVDZ/IMG_2334+RescuedHorses_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Rescued Horses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565916105812-ZOGJXC3CNNFCTF3PKZ39/IMG_2387+HeadingToSpringCreek_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Along the way to Spring Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565916633440-411M75CBX94Q2B3QTHAY/IMG_2406+AMapQuestMoment_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Map Check https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565916733940-OPZJ257TY5WCTKEXSLL3/IMG_2445+RollingToGrahamRanch_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Heading to Graham Ranch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565918416774-NKF6UXQ66BHZX5C9L0OD/IMG_2501+FunAndFlowyBS_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Ute Trail: Waiting for the Fun and Flowy Parts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565903258845-C4C9UGUGXUMMNM565IW4/RH6_3493+MorningIntheLaSalPasture_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Preparing to leave cow pie cabin (La Sal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565912404595-65GNW2DDAHM9JQX43TW1/IMG_2318+Kansas_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Rain on Kansas Landscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1565918675326-BITXMTFB9KMJ52YSD31S/IMG_2516+MrBigsRainbowMakers_HD.jpg San Juan Bike Trip - Mr. Big's Rainbow Maker https://www.rogerhangarter.net/olympic-peninsula daily 0.75 2020-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1566070717054-7ZRIGFQGPKV5QXPTH59G/RH6_2059+SurfFishing_HD.jpg Olympic Peninsula - Fishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1566071071477-50WZNI0T9XNYWLVR31FG/RH6_2808+FernAndOxalis_HD.jpg Olympic Peninsula - Forest Floor- Ferns & Oxalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1566071650836-46FWXPTXEJOD15Q02JTJ/RH6_2610+BeachLogsKill_HD.jpg Olympic Peninsula - It is true https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1566070957060-9SHQQMSOP7CAEP46J3QP/RH6_2543+BearSkull_HD.jpg Olympic Peninsula - Bear Skull, Perhaps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1566070603625-6QTJF0J39QLPSS8RS0BB/RH6_1855+BananaSlug_HD.jpg Olympic Peninsula - Banana Slug https://www.rogerhangarter.net/costarica201920 daily 0.75 2020-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1580256342665-BYUSPG95U29QOYAUZY9A/IMG_2667+Carnival.jpg Costa Rica 2019-20 - Carnival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1579809184950-C9GGTJRJNRRRA34Q00XE/RH4_5437+Puma_HD.jpg Costa Rica 2019-20 - Puma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1580257160957-3FWH04EUNEMD06JSJ862/IMG_2746+LeSelva.jpg Costa Rica 2019-20 - Le Selva - The Jungle https://www.rogerhangarter.net/comet-neowise daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1595361407343-T2RCBXDC9CT9EU2LBWDG/RH1_0210+CometNeowise_HD.jpg Comet Neowise - Comet Neowise at dawn Even with the sky being lit by the rising sun, the comet was easy to spot by eye as it hovered over the north eastern horizon. It was bright enough to capture with just a 1 second exposure taken at 4:57 am, July 11, 2020 from a farm field on the east side of Bloomington, IN (off route 446). https://www.rogerhangarter.net/exhibitions daily 0.75 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1675893660115-8ZEJLTYMS04SXLVOYMTV/US_BotanicGarden_PICT2204.jpg Exhibitions - United States Botanic Garden The sLowlife exhibit debuted in 2005 at the US Botanic Garden on the National Mall in Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1676046799084-3FDWI50W8FTMKQ6A80SB/1U6A2210-X2.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1676043569121-ONSU33JUB87GOO5IUL46/DolinskyHangarterChloroplastTable.jpg Exhibitions - Interactive demonstrations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1675966320944-FRM5QA5C0JMHJL1UUQGS/RH1_6437+PONDerings.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1676060401185-0MVLGMRMN4U917PNUV40/MainEntry.jpg Exhibitions - Grunwald Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1760360842185-4RG1DAD3ED0K3RAP8VIO/ForestShowFlyerSm.jpg Exhibitions https://www.rogerhangarter.net/about daily 0.75 2023-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1548706934071-TTELLDLD3EY95U0OIWYO/DSC_7831+SelfieWidowSkimmerNegative_IR_HD.jpg About Dragonfly and Me - Infrared photo Female Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) - Goose Pond Wildlife Refuge, Linton, IN 2017 https://www.rogerhangarter.net/contact daily 0.75 2019-01-27 https://www.rogerhangarter.net/about-1 daily 0.75 2023-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/1549060191355-J9PIR90XH2NSM5ON8U0C/RH1_4169-72+FireflySelfie1_SqSp.jpg Statement Self Portrait with Backyard Fireflies https://www.rogerhangarter.net/new-page-2 daily 1.0 2019-01-30 https://www.rogerhangarter.net/scienceart-projects daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://www.rogerhangarter.net/snow-geese daily 0.75 2023-02-19 https://www.rogerhangarter.net/plankton daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://www.rogerhangarter.net/cicadas daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://www.rogerhangarter.net/wintersend daily 0.75 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/4c10ecf6-6a1e-478b-b5cd-9d7bd1bfe304/RH1_9617+SalamanderHunters_HD.jpg Winters End - Make it stand out Group of people out to observe the amphibian mating event to welcome the end of winter before winters have truely ended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/be6448ad-4320-4db6-a991-7703bf85d654/RH6_4571+SalamanderPond_HD.jpg Winters End - Make it stand out Woodland pond in mid-February. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/6bcd2651-27a1-46e8-82da-368a78fab4f4/RH6_5258+SpottedSalamander_HD.jpg Winters End - Make it stand out Adult Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/820b1f4d-bce2-404b-afff-6c4eb6db28d6/RH1_5735+SalamanderOrgy_HD+2.jpg Winters End - Make it stand out Spotted salamanders in a mating frenzy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/cbe9ed4c-370f-4967-b69f-2bd9d284e914/RH1_2450+SalPondGreenEggs_HD.jpg Winters End - Make it stand out Spotted salamander egg masses with symbiotic algae in the egg capsules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/98897aaa-a57c-4318-b181-4c139c95c608/RH1_5944+SpottedSalTadpole.jpg Winters End - Make it stand out Spotted salamander larva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4b31eb85ede12d3ec2967d/21cce368-33f0-467d-8970-7ec6ec693f5e/RH1_5800+WoodFrogEyes_HD.jpg Winters End - Make it stand out Eyes of male wood frogs waiting for females to arrive at the pond. https://www.rogerhangarter.net/mantis daily 0.75 2023-02-17