Caption

A moss-covered (Bryophyta) tree trunk in front of a dense, dark forest, hiking along the former inner-German border at the Green Belt near Mitwitz, Franconian Forest nature park Park

Date

Feb 21, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Marco Bunk

Reference

BRK26C18_010

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27.0Mb (2.1Mb) / 13.7in x 7.7in / 4096 x 2304 (300dpi)

Keywords

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