by AvastMH moderator

Likely to be this Thursday at current rate of counting.

This is VERY exciting 😃 😃 😃

Get your hands/flippers ready to pat yourselves on the back!

Posted July 28, 2015 12:21 AM

I hope everyone is patting themselves on the back with great enthusiasm, because we hit the mark and are counting away like crazy still!

Posted July 30, 2015 6:37 PM

by yshish moderator, translator

YES, WE MADE IT! 2,500,000 classifications! 😄

If anyone missed that moment, here it is..

Posted July 30, 2015 7:00 PM

by gardenmaeve moderator

Great screen shot, yshish. Thanks!

Posted July 30, 2015 7:16 PM

by AvastMH moderator

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE ZOONIVERSE - is the wonderful people who do so much valuable CITIZEN SCIENCE. AND THAT'S YOU!

I hope that you will enjoy these offerings as a 'thank you' on behalf of the penguins!
Sincere thanks to gardenmaeve who has set us a poem to honour your work and our Antarctic friends, AND our scientists!

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2.5 Million Penguin Pictures - a small memory for all the great volunteers who have helped!

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1. He's ready for his close-up, Mr DeMille!
2. A hot afternoon at the Adelie Beach creche
3. Macaroni Tussocks
4. Bendy penguins and missing heads!
5. Reindeer on South Georgia with the Kings
6. Polepuddle
7. It's that teenage moment 😦
8. Bleaker Rockhoppers and another pretty rainbow 😃
9. Poop radials - a classic view
10. Sea ice at the Boat Shed Port Lockroy
11. Bright evening on The_Rock
12. Chilling chinstrap
13. Seal chilling (top right) at Egg_Rock
14. Footsteps of science
15. Cute Chinstrap chick breakfast
16. Pen(guin) Pals
17. A tiny death that rocked us all, The_Rock
18. Verde very verde!
19. Candy chilling, Waldo ocean-watching
20. The Penguin God
21. Penguin and Skua through a snowy lens
22. Glorious eggs at Egg_Rock
23. Beautiful penguin tracks
24. Camouflage expert sheathbill
25. Breathtaking evening at Pygos Ledge (3 species colony)
26. Sooty (Petermann Island)
27. Arne - Scientist at work
28. Why pebble nests work! Nessie_Line
29. Genuinely injured penguin on Sooty in 2012
30. Ecstatic display!
31. Posse Pete, Pebble Purloiner
32. Penguillions
33. Snow at dusk - Petermann Island
34. Antarctic bedroom on a bleak and snowy night
35. Penguins at the end of the rainbow
36. Golden evening on Petermann Island
37. The Red Coats skua-scarers at Sooty

Image background: serene beauty at sunset

Well done everyone! I'm sure we all look forward to the next milestone - 3 million 😉

Posted July 30, 2015 9:40 PM

by gardenmaeve moderator

Beautiful photo montage, AvastMH!

@coldcounter- Do you see the line I borrowed from you? 😃

Posted July 30, 2015 9:49 PM

by coldcounter

I think the montage and words are brilliant... Am honoured to have that line included gardenmaeve. 😃 and finding my involvement with pw very rewarding..

Posted July 31, 2015 12:51 PM

by gardenmaeve moderator

@coldcounter- So glad you've enjoyed your time with PW- so have I. And I'm happy you didn't mind sharing your statement!

Posted July 31, 2015 1:00 PM

by AvastMH moderator

I'm glad that we're all enjoying PW. It's great to enjoy yourself AND rescue the penguins' future. 😄

Posted July 31, 2015 1:47 PM

2.5 Million picture mark - very very close

YES, WE MADE IT! 2,500,000 classifications! 😄