Gallery: Infrared Images Reveal Frigid, Purple Penguins

  • Infrared Emperor Penguin
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    Thermal View of an Emperor Penguin ---------------------------------- *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Two Colorful Penguins
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    Two Colorful Penguins --------------------- *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Infrared and Photograph
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    Side-by-Side Infrared Image and Photograph ------------------------------------------ *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Two Technicolor Penguins
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    Two Technicolor Penguins ------------------------ *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Emperor Penguins
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    Emperor Penguins ---------------- *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Psychedelic Landscape
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    Psychedelic Antarctic Landscape ------------------------------- *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Antarctic Landscape
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    Antarctic Icescape ------------------ *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • BlueBellied Penguin
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    Infrared Emperor ---------------- *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Antarctic Expedition
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    Studying Penguins in Antarctica -------------------------------- *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
  • Purple Penguin Shuffle
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    An Emperor Penguin Shuffles Off ------------------------------- *Image: Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France*
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