Caption

Opencast lignite mine Garzweiler 2, bucket wheel excavator 261 excavating the surface, at the rest of the hamlet Lützerath, bucket diameter is 17 metres, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

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BRK24E78_296

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Rights managed

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169,3Mb (9,8Mb) / 31,4in x 20,9in / 9422 x 6281 (300dpi)

Keywords

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