Caption

Lignite excavator in the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine, RWE wind farm, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

May 14, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24H85_429

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

120.7Mb (5.6Mb) / 26.5in x 17.7in / 7952 x 5304 (300dpi)

Keywords

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