Perplexing purple - The Lüneburg Heath
The Lüneburg Heath ( Heide in German ) is a nature reserve adjacent to the north German town Lüneburg. The Heath consists of a series of end moraines from glaciers of the Saalian glaciation( 230,00-130,000 years ago). The open areas are covered with common heather ( Calluna vulgaris ).
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- Europe (3985)
- Western Europe (820)
- Germany (278)
- Exact location (9.9300 E, 53.1600 N)
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Realme realme C11 2021
Taken on 24
August
2025
Submitted on 8 April 2026
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
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Kameswar Rao Modali (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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