Caption

Old deciduous forest... Hambach Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, ancient oak-hornbeam mixed forest, natural forest, threatened by lignite mining, became known through numerous protests in the fight against global warming, The Hambach Forest was cleared in large parts to make way for the expansion of the open-cast mine by RWE Power, Rhenish lignite mining area, Düren district, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Dec 29, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A96_329

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

99,7Mb (10,7Mb) / 16,1in x 24,1in / 4820 x 7230 (300dpi)

Keywords

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