Supercolony of 1.5 million penguins found on the Danger Islands because of their poop
 

Supercolony of 1.5 million penguins found on the Danger Islands because of their poop
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The remote Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica are home to a previously undiscovered supercolony of more than 1.5 million Adélie Penguins, and thanks to a satellite and some drone footage, researchers now know about them.*

A new study published in the open-source journal Scientific Reports this week announced the discovery. It also details the pretty incredible way it was made.*

It all started off with NASA and the USGS' Landsat satellite, tasked with beaming images of our planet from space back to waiting scientists on Earth.

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