Caption

Excavator at the edge of the Garzweiler II open-cast lignite mine, at the village of Lützerath, the last village to be excavated, in the district of Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Dec 27, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25A44_377

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

169,3Mb (9,1Mb) / 20,9in x 31,4in / 6281 x 9422 (300dpi)

Keywords

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