Caption

Untouched wilderness in the High Harz, spruce forest from bark beetle infestation, drought and forest dieback from 2018, fallen trees, moss-covered ground, fog, rain, Harz National Park, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

Oct 06, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Andreas Vitting

Reference

BRK25C87_226

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

47,7Mb (5,6Mb) / 16,7in x 11,1in / 5000 x 3333 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty coniferous forest coniferous forests forest woods forests tree trees drought droughts drought droughts dryness wilderness wilderness pest pests vermin bug bugs environmental pollution environmental pollution pollution pollution of the environment environmental contamination ecocide environmental destruction ecocides global warming global warming environment environment rain nature open air Lower Saxony Northern Germany North Germany German storm damage storm damages Europe Europe's pristine untouched unspoilt mood atmosphere natural preserve natural preserves nature park natural park nature park Naturpark fallen over fallen overturned reserve reserves protected area sanctuary conservation area climate change climate change ground grounds bottom moss mosses Pinales Pinales Coniferales Conifer dry arid fog mist fog landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo Bark beetle Bark beetles Scolytinae damage damages damaged atmospheric moody Pinaceae Pinaceae Pinaceae idyll idylls National Park National Parks N.P. NP moss-grown moss-covered covered with moss mossy moss covered overgrown with moss conifer conifers coniferous tree coniferous trees coniferous european environmental pollution ecological damage environmental pollutions East Germany Eastern Germany rainy rain-swept North German Northern German nature reserve nature reserves natural preserve natural preserves nature conservation area NSG natural reserve environmental reserve spruce forest spruce forests infestation infestations wooded forested rain raining rains idyllic foggy hazy misty fog covered covered in fog Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD forest decline forest declines forest dieback tree death tree mortality misty mood misty moods foggy atmosphere misty atmosphere damaged environmental damage environmental damages ecological damage precipitation precipitations environmental issue environmental issues travel photography Saxony-Anhalt Harz National Park polluting harmful to the environment Environmentally harmful pest control pests control Central Europe Middle Europe climate crisis bark beetle infestation Bark beetle plague Spruce Picea Pinaceae Piceoideae Spruces Spruce tree Spruce trees Pest infestation Harz region Harz Mountains Harz Undeloh