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Closeup view of slate (also shale, schist, a metamorphic rock) with visible cracked layers and colored surface on sunny day with shadow pattern.
Size: 5206px × 3904px
Location: Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo credit: © Timon Schneider / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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