Caption

The Schüngelberg housing estate, in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, against the backdrop of the UNIPER coal-fired power station Gelsenkirchen-Scholven, power station units and cooling towers, headframe of the former Hugo coal mine, shaft 2, Scholven spoil tip with 2 wind turbines, on the right Ruhr Öl GmbH - BP Gelsenkirchen, refinery, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 13, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25C57_432

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

171,0Mb (10,5Mb) / 31,6in x 21,0in / 9469 x 6313 (300dpi)

Keywords

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