Caption

Cleared forest in the Eggegebirge, near Lichtenau, Paderborn district, site of a spruce forest that had died due to heavy bark beetle infestation and was felled, the tree stumps are intended to provide protection and nutrients for new, planted trees, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 21, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24G36_025

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

139,5Mb (13,9Mb) / 26,9in x 20,2in / 8064 x 6048 (300dpi)

Keywords

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