A Spring Morning in the Burren
The Burren is a limestone karst area in the west of Ireland, featuring a very un-Irish landscape and a world renowned flora consisting of...
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Carsten Krieger
Photographer & Author
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Carsten Krieger
- Jul 29, 2021
Picture of the Month - July
Blanket Bog, Spiderweb, Sunrise.
Carsten Krieger
- Jul 29, 2021
Picture of the Month - April
Shadows of the past: 4000 years old pines embedded in peat.
Carsten Krieger
- Feb 16, 2021
Picture of the Month - January
Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown 3.0 and a rare, calm winter morning at Ross Bay.
Carsten Krieger
- Dec 2, 2020
Picture of the Month - November
November is traditionally the start of the stormy season in the west of Ireland (this doesn't mean however that storms can't hit at other...
Carsten Krieger
- Dec 2, 2020
Picture of the Month - October
Autumn in the Burren is beyond words especially on a calm morning like this. The chilly air, the soothing autumn colours and the warmth...
Carsten Krieger
- Oct 1, 2020
Picture of the Month - September
I had been waiting for a morning like this for almost three years. On this September morning a beautiful dawn came together with low...
Carsten Krieger
- Sep 30, 2020
Nature First
Nature photography and landscape photography are becoming ever more popular. For some it is a way to reconnect with the natural world,...
Carsten Krieger
- Aug 10, 2020
A Natural History
Today Ireland is a small island at the north-western edge of Europe. Its origins however lie far away from its current position, on the...
Carsten Krieger
- Jun 29, 2020
Silent Spring - Part 3
The final weeks of the Silent Spring project became unexpectedly difficult. Having to go out every day and produce a more or less decent...
Carsten Krieger
- Jun 6, 2020
Silent Spring - Part 2
The spring of 2020 turned out to be of the driest and warmest in years. Many wildflowers started to bloom several weeks early, the most...
Carsten Krieger
- May 20, 2020
Silent Spring - Part 1
Initially my daily "lockdown picture" wasn't much more than a way of killing some time and taking advantage of the good weather Ireland...
Carsten Krieger
- Mar 6, 2020
Picture of the Month - February 2020
February brought a series of storms that battered the country with high winds and heavy rain. In places the amount of precipitation...
Carsten Krieger
- Jan 31, 2020
Picture of the Month - January 2020
Some millennia ago Ireland was covered in vast forests dominated by oaks and pines. A sudden change in climate triggered the rapid...
Carsten Krieger
- Dec 30, 2019
On Climate Change
One of the side effects of climate change: More frequent and more violent storms. In 1088 the Chinese scholar, engineer and philosopher...
Carsten Krieger
- Dec 4, 2019
Ireland and the Gulf Stream
Ireland is infamous for its mild and wet climate. The main reason for this is the Gulf Stream which is part of a world-wide network of...
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