Caption

Brown coal mining operations at Welzow Süd, one of the largest operational German open cast brown coal lignite mines near Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Date

Jul 11, 2020

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Andreas Werth

Reference

BRK24H53_149

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45,6Mb (5,4Mb) / 15,4in x 11,5in / 4608 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

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