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RWE Braunkohletagebau Garzweiler, Erkelenz, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Rhenish lignite mining area, bucket wheel excavator in RWE's Garzweiler open pit lignite mine, here near Luetzerath. In the back a church tower in Hochneukirch Juechen. (KEYSTONE/mauritius images/RUPERT OBERHAEUSER)