Caption

Opencast lignite mine Garzweiler 2, bucket wheel excavator 261 excavating the surface, near the rest of the hamlet of Lützerath, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Jan 04, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25B77_471

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

172.3Mb (9.2Mb) / 31.7in x 21.1in / 9504 x 6336 (300dpi)

Keywords

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