Caption

Herten, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Horizon observatory on the Hoheward spoil tip, the spoil tip was formed from shafts of the Recklinghausen II colliery, the Ewald colliery and the General Blumenthal/Haard colliery, today the spoil tip is an excursion destination

Date

May 07, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25C84_073

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NA

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No

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Rights managed

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74,3Mb (5,5Mb) / 20,8in x 13,9in / 6240 x 4160 (300dpi)

Keywords

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