Caption

Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine, conveyor belt collection point, where the conveyor belts for coal and overburden converge and are routed eastwards to the overburden dump on the cooled dumping side and to the power stations, a total of over 90 kilometres of conveyor belts, near Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Feb 28, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK24J01_243

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

161,5Mb (9,4Mb) / 30,7in x 20,5in / 9203 x 6135 (300dpi)

Keywords

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