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Picture of an emperor penguin wearing a camera strapped to its back and leaning over a hole in the ice

Penguin Pictures

Rodney the emperor penguin wears a "Crittercam" on his back in this picture from the August 2007 issue. Crittercam was invented by National Geographic's Greg Marshall to capture audio, video, and environmental data, and has been utilized to study dozens of species around the world.
Photograph by Greg Marshall, Nat Geo Image Collection