Caption

Bottrop, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, rush hour traffic, many lorries driving on the A2 motorway, behind the Uniper coal-fired power plant Gelsenkirchen Scholven, on the right a wind turbine, industry and traffic in the Ruhr area, Europe

Date

Aug 07, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25B20_353

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No

Property release

No

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Rights managed

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61.2Mb (5.3Mb) / 19.9in x 11.9in / 5976 x 3578 (300dpi)

Keywords

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