Caption

Cleared forest area north of the village of Hirschberg, Soest district, dead spruce stands were felled, dead trees due to bark beetle infestation, Arnsberg Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 05, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25A59_159

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

120.7Mb (8.9Mb) / 17.7in x 26.5in / 5304 x 7952 (300dpi)

Keywords

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