Kerstin Langenberger Photography

12/09/2025

Zum Saisonstart laden wir auf eine besondere Lichtbildshows in das ein! Bildgwaltig geht es mit der preisgekrönten Naturfotografin Kerstin Langenberger in die ANTARKTIS!

TOR DER ANTARKTIS I 6. Nov. I 19:30 Uhr I KFZ
Kommt mit in’s Südpolarmeer! Da liegt eine Insel, die oft als „Serengeti der Antarktis“ bezeichnet wird: Südgeorgien. Kerstin hat in dem menschenleeren Naturparadies die atemberaubende Natur und die imposante Tierwelt in grandiosen Bildern eingefangen. Freut euch auf einen Vortrag, der einen zum Staunen und zum Lachen bringt, zum Schmunzeln und zum Nachdenken. Auf einen Vortrag für die ganze Familie!

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23/08/2025

This is the fifth year my friend Arianne and I drive from Reykjavík to Vík (in Iceland), a 380 km / 232 mi round trip, to save fulmar chicks from a certain death on the highway in Southern Iceland.

Fulmar chicks have a tough start into life. They are well fed for by their parents, until, suddenly, they are just left on their own. They need to jump from their cliff without being able to fly. In strong winds, some birds actually manage to fly to the ocean, but many are simply too heavy for flight. Some manage to glide a bit, some crash-land right underneath the cliff. This is no problem when the cliff is next to the ocean, but sometimes, the ocean is quite a flight away. In some places in Iceland, the ring road (the national road that circles the entire country) seems to be a magnet for fulmar chicks; most likely because they mistake it for a river. By instinct, fulmar chicks are drawn to water, where they land, follow the stream to the ocean and then, over the course of days, learn how to fly. The ring road, unfortunately, is a death trap, as they are either killed by cars or end up in the adjoining ditches.

Tired of seeing all those beautiful fulmar chicks ending up as road kill, Arianne started to patrol the ring road for up to three weekends every autumn. It is a lot of driving and time involved, a lot of running and catching. The proximity to the highway makes this work risky: many drivers do not slow down. Still, we try to stop for every bird we see. One bird at a time, we catch it, put it in a cardboard box and and drive it to the nearest stream or river.

Yesterday, during the first rescue trip of the season, we managed to bring 15 birds to safety. We are hoping to find something between 100-250 chicks in the next 3 weeks! Once the birds have made it to the ocean - which is their true home - and learned how to fly and feed themselves, adult birds have a low death rate and can live more than 60 years of age! It is beautiful to think that those chicks we rescue might outlive us. And whilst some people belittle our effort, I always think: If not now, when? If not you, then who? And: little by little, a little becomes a lot.
:-)

And: as always, some more information follows each of the following images...

31/08/2024

The biggest newspaper of Iceland just published a short article about our fulmar chick rescue efforts, which has been going on for some years. Our hope is that the more attention we get in Icelandic media, the more people will start to hit the car breaks for those wonderful birds, and hopefully more will start to help them to safety!
Yesterday we set a personal record: we managed to collect 99 birds from the road and the surrounding ditches and released them in nearby streams. An intense day but a wonderful feeling! :)

Unfortunately I cannot recommend to use a translation program, because for Icelandic, they usually do a lousy job. The title of this article, "Rescued up to 100 fulmar chicks yesterday" gets translated by Google to "Saved close to 100 fake songs yesterday".

Arianne Gäwiler, sjálfboðaliði og björgunarsveitarkona, hefur ásamt fjölskyldu sinni og vinum bjargað um 150 fýlsungum í sumar.

24/08/2024

It's the time of the year when the chicks of the Northern fulmar are leaving their nests. At this stage, the fledglings are pretty lousy flyers. Ideally, their nest is right next to the ocean so they land in water, where over the course of some weeks they learn to fly. Unfortunately, in Southern Iceland, many fulmars breed inland, so chicks land on or around the main road and get driven over by cars. That is why a small group of bird-loving humans pick them up and bring them to the nearest river. Our first trip yesterday managed to rescue 28 fulmars: a good start of our fulmar chick rescue season! :)

23/08/2024

In Iceland, the Eldvörp-Svartsengi volcanic system on Reykjanes erupted, again - for the sixth time since December 2023. We are getting into a kind-of routine here in Iceland now. The eruptions are always in about the same area (Sundhnúksgígar) and are not an imminent danger for the people living here, even though damages to infrastructure is always possible (mainly roads, potentially an evacuated town or a power station). The roads towards the eruption are closed and views only possible from a far distance of about 10 km / 6 mi. The fissure this time is nearly 4 km / 2.5 mi long and an impressive sight - even from said distance!
Volcano tourists, please behave: no stopping on the main road; please use the car parks at the junctions and stay out of the closed area. This eruption is none one can (or should) walk to.
More information about road closures and view points:
https://www.visitreykjanes.is/en/volcano-eruption/eruption-news/a-new-eruption-has-begun

20/03/2024

Exactly three years ago, on the 19. March 2021, a very small volcanic eruption started in the valley of Geldingadalir (at Fagradalsfjall). This picture was taken when the eruption was just 14 hours old. It was my most intense volcanic eruption ever, and I think back to it with lots of memories and positive emotions! It's incredible that, now, everything looks different there. The valley has been completely filled with lava and been replaced by a crater that towers over the surrounding hills. Volcanoes are an ongoing source of both destruction and creation - and will never cease to fascinate me!

The eruption in this image was the first of, by now, seven eruptions on Reykjanes, of an eruption cycle that I tend to call Fagradalsfjallseldar, the "Fagradalsfjall fires". Nobody can say how many more eruptions there will be, nor where exactly they will happen. The only thing we know is: in the decades to come, the Reykjanes peninsula will continue to have fissure eruptions, smaller ones that might be opened up to the public, as well as bigger ones, that will be off limits to most people.

The ongoing eruption at Sundhnúkur is no tourist spectacle, like it was three years ago in Geldingadalir, as it is much bigger in size and also much closer to human infrastructure (in this case: the town of Grindavík and a power plant with electricity lines and hot water pipelines). It is therefore closed to the public and only visible from the far distance, and from webcams. That is why I have not published images: so far, I "enjoy" the spectacle from the webcams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXD4A9uFHcg) and give respectful space to the people of Grindavík, the civil defence and all the workers that try to protect the town and infrastructure.

25/12/2023

Happy holidays! May the new year bring you peace, joy, and happiness!

13/11/2023

Mitte bis Ende November 2023 werde ich meinen Vortrag "Tor zur Antarktis - Naturparadies Südgeorgien" mehrmals in der Region Bodensee / Allgäu aufführen. Er findet in Kooperation mit Greenpeace statt, weshalb der Eintritt frei ist!
Ich würde mich freuen, möglichst viele von euch zu sehen!

Infos zum Vortrag:
https://greenwire.greenpeace.de/Fotoshows-aktuelle-Termine/inhalt/tor-zur-antarktis-kerstin-langenberger-zeigt-uns-das

Links zu den verschiedenen Events:

Tuttlingen, 17. November, 19 Uhr - Evangelisches Gemeindehaus
https://www.facebook.com/events/1472038100284212/

Weingarten, 18. November, 19:30 Uhr - Kulturzentrum Linse
https://www.facebook.com/events/832175298657809/

Lindau, 19. November, 15 Uhr - Parktheater Kino
https://www.facebook.com/events/266778226362138/

Nußdorf, 21. November, 19:30 Uhr - Dorfgemeinschaftshaus
https://www.facebook.com/events/1013219943288294/

Konstanz, 22. November, 19:30 Uhr - Kulturzentrum am Münster
https://www.facebook.com/events/1019302382713482/

Wangen, 23. November, 19:30 Uhr - Festsaal, Waldorfschule
https://www.facebook.com/events/303797082547461/

Sonthofen, 25. November, 19 Uhr - Naturerlebniszentrum Allgäu
https://www.facebook.com/events/206986745682402/

Radolfzell, 26. November, 16:30 Uhr - Milchwerk
https://www.facebook.com/events/304875022487373/

11/11/2023

My heart goes out to all the people in Grindavík. For those of you who are unaware: yesterday, on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, a seismic swarm started that is caused by an intrusion, meaning by magma breaking its way through the Earth’s crust. Whist we have been expecting an intrusion on Reykjanes anytime soon, this is a new development, because this time, it happens very close (if not under) a city of 3.300 people.
Yesterday, earthquakes started shaking the houses pretty much every minute. Walls and roads cracked open, and soon, the whole city was evacuated. If the earthquakes keep on, an eruption might happen, but nobody knows, where exactly and when. It might be a matter of hours, days or even weeks.

I know only one thing: I wish no damage to people or infrastructure, and I therefore urge all "volcanoholics" to be respectful and do not rush to Iceland/Grindavík if an eruption starts. If this happens, then human infrastructure and therefore human feelings and emotions are going to be involved. Show respect, people, listen to the officials and keep your distance. I will not be there, as I have no interest in such "sensationalist journalism". Instead, I just wait and watch the development, and I hope for the best outcome for all the people in Grindavík who are now fearing about loosing their homes.

14/10/2023

Last night, I've been so fortunate to be at the right place at the right time. In Iceland, winter knocked at our door, as one storm brought us the first proper spell of cold and snow. Being stuck now in Landmannalaugar in the beautiful southern highlands (in a hut - it's intentional, don't worry! ;) ), I was able to grab my snow shoes and explore this winter wonderland. The milky way and faint, colourless northern lights illuminated the very cold night (-9°C / 15°F) - it was magical!

18/07/2023

Impressions from my fourth and (so far) last visit at the eruption at Litli-Hrútur.
As always, detailed descriptions can be found underneath each image.
That is it so far: I will not be able to visit the eruption for some weeks, but I am thankful that I got this amazing opportunity and am curious how long this eruption is going to last and how it is going to develop.
:)

15/07/2023

Photographic report of my third hike to the eruption at Litli-Hrútur in the night of the 12. to 13. of July 2023.
Detailed information underneath each image.
Copyright: Kerstin Langenberger.
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