<img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FPXL_20220925_155651791.MP.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=3fa0e414-fcca-4f26-b1cb-1b6c247b44a1"/> Plants float down the Congo river near in the rapids downstream from Kinshasa <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FPXL_20220925_155236217.MP.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=3ff1a6bb-8407-4bb5-93b2-335a4634fc0c"/> A floating plant was harvested from the river. Does anyone know what species it is? <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FReactNative-snapshot-image7996235335998332501.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=2d00cae0-a6dd-4c5a-98ff-51babc0c0450"/> Roots from the floating plant under a foldscope <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FReactNative-snapshot-image4388899181872292699.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=92c49cd2-1369-4645-bfd5-fba206124a55"/> Root tip is visible in this picture. <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/NaN%2FReactNative-snapshot-image3627437629518057092.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=18a66727-beb7-46ad-87f9-85e9d3f373b5"/> We also filtered some river water through a mesh an collected some suspended particles.

Congo river samples

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