Caption

Cleared forest in the Arnsberg Forest near Warstein-Sichtigvor, Soest district, site of a spruce forest that had died and was felled due to heavy bark beetle infestation, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Apr 12, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24I51_217

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

120,7Mb (9,3Mb) / 17,7in x 26,5in / 5304 x 7952 (300dpi)

Keywords

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