Caption

Waterweed, Elodea, an invasive species, green carpet of plants on Lake Baldeney in Essen, the fast-growing aquatic plant proliferates on large parts of the Ruhr reservoir, increased water temperatures accelerate growth, recreational boat traffic is severely impaired, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 11, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24I46_299

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (2.8Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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