Photographer snags shot of yellow penguin


Penguin with yellow face and chest, cream body.

Yves Adams captured the first known photo of a yellow penguin while on the islands of South Georgia in December, 2019. Image via Yves Adams.

Yves Adams was in the right place at the right time when he captured the first-ever photograph of a rare yellow penguin. He was on a 2-month photography expedition in the South Georgia islands when he chanced upon the shot of a lifetime. He shared images of the penguin to his Instagram page late last week (February 18, 2021), commenting:

Winning nature’s lottery with seeing the most beautiful King penguin and being able to take pictures! While unpacking our rubberboats merely after landing on a remote beach on the island of South Georgia, this leucistic King penguin walked up straight to our direction in the middle of a chaos full of sea elephants and Antarctic fur seals, and thousands of other King penguins. How lucky could I be! Yesterday the press picked up these pictures, and the phone hasn’t stopped ringing since then…. It seems we are in desperate need for some mellow yellow news! A big thank you all of you for your nice messages!

You can see more photos of the yellow penguin at Yves Adams’ Instagram account.

Bottom line: Yves Adams took the first-ever photograph of a yellow penguin while on the islands of South Georgia in December 2019. The photo went viral this month!



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Penguin with yellow face and chest, cream body.

Yves Adams captured the first known photo of a yellow penguin while on the islands of South Georgia in December, 2019. Image via Yves Adams.

Yves Adams was in the right place at the right time when he captured the first-ever photograph of a rare yellow penguin. He was on a 2-month photography expedition in the South Georgia islands when he chanced upon the shot of a lifetime. He shared images of the penguin to his Instagram page late last week (February 18, 2021), commenting:

Winning nature’s lottery with seeing the most beautiful King penguin and being able to take pictures! While unpacking our rubberboats merely after landing on a remote beach on the island of South Georgia, this leucistic King penguin walked up straight to our direction in the middle of a chaos full of sea elephants and Antarctic fur seals, and thousands of other King penguins. How lucky could I be! Yesterday the press picked up these pictures, and the phone hasn’t stopped ringing since then…. It seems we are in desperate need for some mellow yellow news! A big thank you all of you for your nice messages!

You can see more photos of the yellow penguin at Yves Adams’ Instagram account.

Bottom line: Yves Adams took the first-ever photograph of a yellow penguin while on the islands of South Georgia in December 2019. The photo went viral this month!



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