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, wind farm near Lichtenau on the horizon, 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

BRK25B21_156

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

120,7Mb (9,2Mb) / 26,5in x 17,7in / 7952 x 5304 (300dpi)

Keywords

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