Survival of the Luckiest
After a strong storm, one surviving emperor penguin passes his less lucky fellows. After they hatch in late August, every storm poses a great risk to the newborn penguins. On a visit to the colony shortly after such a storm, hundreds of dead bodies are lying in the snow.
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- Polar regions (184)
- Antarctic (112)
- Exact location (-7.8113 W, -70.6563 S)
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4602 × 3048 px;
image/jpeg; 8.6 MB
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Nikon D7000
Taken on 26
September
2014
Submitted on Feb. 15, 2018
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Johannes Lohse (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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