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Click for next articlePieces of sea ice drift near Antarctica's Danger Islands in this image, acquired on Jan. 22, 2023, by the Landsat 8 satellite.
(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison)The diets of penguins on Antarctica's Danger Islands can be seen from space.
The image above shows pinkish-orange guano staining large sections of some of the Danger Islands, Heroína Island and Beagle Island.
A colony of Adélie penguins is visible in this image captured by a drone during a research expedition to the Danger Islands.
"Sea ice is such a hugely important factor in the Antarctic marine environment," said Clemson University biologist Casey Youngflesh who led a study comparing the penguins' diet and sea ice conditions.