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

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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