Caption

Aerial photo, thousands of spectators watched with great interest as the Gersteinwerk chimney was blown up half an hour late. The 282 metre high RWE chimney fell exactly into the prepared gravel bed. City limits of Werne, Hamm North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Oct 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Hans Blossey

Reference

BRK25K38_430

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

146,4Mb (11,7Mb) / 29,2in x 19,5in / 8760 x 5843 (300dpi)

Keywords

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