A penguin colony near Ninnis Bank in Antarctica was spotted by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 26 August 2019.
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Although penguins are too small to show up in satellite images, giant stains on the ice from penguin droppings – known as guano – are easy to identify. These brownish patches have allowed scientists to locate and track penguin populations across the entire continent.