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Photos: The emperor penguins of Antarctica from space

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Emporer penguins
Emperor penguins in Antarctica, photographed by University of Minnesota researcher Michelle LaRue.
Photo courtesy Michelle LaRue, University of Minnesota/Link to story
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Researchers on the ice
Reasearchers with the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center have co-authored new research with partners from the British Antarctic Survey that shows there are twice as many emperor penguins in the Antarctic than scientists previously thought. Here, some of them wander close to the researchers' snowmobiles.
Photo courtesy Michelle LaRue, University of Minnesota/Link to story
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Emperor penguins
Emperor penguins in Antarctica, photographed by University of Minnesota researcher Michelle LaRue.
Photo courtesy Michelle LaRue, University of Minnesota/Link to story
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Penguin colonies from space
Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center have co-authored new research with partners from the British Antarctic Survey that shows there are twice as many emperor penguins in the Antarctic than scientists previously thought. They used cutting-edge, high-resolution satellite mapping technology in this groundbreaking census. In the image at left, a penguin colony is visible at Cape Colbeck. The image at right is of emperor penguins taken by UMN researcher Michelle LaRue.
Photos courtesy DigitalGlobe, left; Michelle LaRue, University of Minnesota, right/Link to story