12th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Leucistic Gentoo penguin in Antarctica

Amongst the hundreds of Gentoo penguins shuttling back-and-forth to their rookery on the Antarctic coast this one individual stood out as being much lighter than the other - it has a pigment deficiency known as leucism.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2014
Date Uploaded: 11.2014
Photo Location: Antarctica
Camera: NIKON D4
Copyright: © Anthony Smith