Caption

Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Sunny winter landscape in the Ruhr area, walker, a senior citizen on ice and snow at the renaturalised Hofsteder Bach, the stream has been transformed into a near-natural watercourse, the Hofsteder Bach flows via the Hüller Bach into the Emscher, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater channel, mixed water channel with surface water and wastewater

Date

Feb 13, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25B41_052

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No

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Rights managed

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128,1Mb (9,6Mb) / 27,3in x 18,2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

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