Caption

Opencast lignite mine Garzweiler 2, bucket wheel excavator 261 excavating the surface, at the rest of the hamlet Lützerath, bucket diameter is 17 metres, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Jan 04, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25B36_100

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

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172,3Mb (7,2Mb) / 31,7in x 21,1in / 9504 x 6336 (300dpi)

Keywords

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