Gallery: The Stunning, Unexpected Colors of Antarctica and Its Penguins
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Behind the Argentina's Esperanza Base, on the Antarctic peninsula, it's possible to stand on a cliff and look down on a colony of 250 000 Adelie penguins. This area, the most frequented by penguins going to and from the sea, changes its appearance daily, depending on snowfall, blooms of algae in the ice, or the colors that the penguins drag along with their feet.
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