Caption

A flock of cranes (grus grus) flies high in the grey sky on a rainy day, hiking along the former inner-German border on the green belt near Mitwitz, Franconian Forest nature park Park

Date

Feb 21, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Marco Bunk

Reference

BRK26C18_016

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No

Property release

No

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Rights managed

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27.0Mb (1017.1Kb) / 13.7in x 7.7in / 4096 x 2304 (300dpi)

Keywords

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