Caption

Low tide in the Rhine, historic Aalschokker Aranka is dry, on the island of Grafenwerth, on a dead branch of the Rhine, Drachenfels, large sandbanks, hardly any shipping traffic, freighters may only sail with significantly reduced load and reduced speed, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 05, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26H62_270

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

142.4Mb (47.5Mb) / 19.2in x 28.8in / 5760 x 8640 (300dpi)

Keywords

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