Caption

Spruce monoculture, standing and lying dead spruces (Picea) after bark beetle infestation on the Brocken, beginning natural rejuvenation, tree death, dead wood, dead forest, died due to drought and bark beetle infestation, climate change, impact, climate disaster, drought, forest with bare trees, view on the journey on the Harz narrow-gauge railway from Drei Annen Hohne to Brocken, Kenbahn, nature reserve, Harz National Park, Ostharz, Harz, Wernigerode, Harz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 08, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25L61_323

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

47,7Mb (6,7Mb) / 16,7in x 11,1in / 5000 x 3337 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted railway track rail traffic narrow gauge railway transport catastrophe misfortune coniferous forest forest tree drought climate pest environmental pollution ecocide global warming environment nature German lie Europe natural preserve dead reserve tourist attraction bare climate change means of transportation deadwood Pinales dry mountainous landscape Bark beetle damage damaged stand Pinaceae view National Park conifer european East Germany nature reserve spruce forest infestation monoculture mountain wooded railway section Germany forest decline railroad line environmental damage environmental issue travel photography Brocken Brocken Railway Saxony-Anhalt Wernigerode Drei Annen Hohne Harz National Park killed polluting pest control train Central Europe climate crisis bark beetle infestation County Spruce Pest infestation Harz Mountains Spruce monoculture Climate catastrophe dead spruce no one railroad track narrow-gauge railway transportation disaster woods dryness vermin pollution environmental destruction open air nature park protected area place of interest bald dead wood Conifer arid scenery overlook N.P. coniferous tree ecological damage Eastern Germany Means of transport forested train line German Federal Republic forest dieback railway line Brockenbahn died harmful to the environment railway Middle Europe Bark beetle plague district Spruce tree Harz No People train track bug pollution of the environment Naturpark sanctuary Famous Place countryside facing NP coniferous nature conservation area Republic of Germany tree death Environmentally harmful railroad nobody environmental contamination conservation area landscape shot view into natural reserve FRG tree mortality Harz region uninhabited landscape photo view over environmental reserve empty Overlook overview railway tracks narrow gauge railways transports catastrophes misfortunes coniferous forests forests trees droughts climates pests ecocides lying natural preserves reserves tourist attractions barren landscapes Bark beetles damages standing view of View of National Parks conifers environmental pollutions nature reserves spruce forests infestations monocultures mountains railway sections forest declines railroad lines environmental damages environmental issues pests control trains Spruces railroad tracks narrow-gauge railways places of interest sceneries outlook coniferous trees railway lines railways Spruce trees bugs Famous Places railroads BRD Overlooking overviews rail rails track tracks Schmalspurbahn lies Europe's sight landmark tourist landmark landscape photograph stands NSG Mount Mt. Mont Mt natural park tourist spot