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Puffin in black and white with coloured beak

Me and my family were visitiing Iceland the first time and were heading to Vik y Myrdal to watch some of the cutest birds on earth. You get puffins at the rocks and cliffs in very different situations. I choose this photo because I realized while working in fields close to nature conservation, that the puffin is already a threatened species. Due to fishery, pollution, so in short terms human impact, population decreases significant. This picture , even the birds has no facial expression, feels like hope and fear together for an unknown future.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Vik y Myrdal, Iceland
Camera: NIKON D7500
Copyright: © Patrick Schwarzbach