Location:
Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
Post Date:
Jun 2, 2017 4:06 PM
TAG ID:
dpaphotostwo937242
(RM)
Credit:
Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom
Format:
3858 x 2811 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Patrick Pleul
Keywords:
coal, brown coal
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
View of the former brown coal mine Cottbus-Nord near Cottbus, Germany, 2 June 2017. (Photo made by a drone). The pit is said to become the biggest artificial lake in Germany with roughly 19 square kilometers of water - The Cottbus Baltic Sea ('Cottbusser Ostsee'). The groundbreaking ceremony for the flooding of the former mine takes place on 2 June. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa