On the southern outskirts of Leipzig, surrounded by the city's floodplain forest, lies the over 400-hectare Cospuden Lake. From 1981 to 1992, there was an open-pit lignite mine here, and the remaining pit was flooded from 1993 to 2000. In the background is the Lippendorf power plant, also called the cloud machine, a lignite-fired steam power plant.On the southern outskirts of Leipzig, surrounded by the city's floodplain forest, lies the over 400-hectare Cospuden Lake. From 1981 to 1992, there was an open-pit lignite mine here, and the remaining pit was flooded from 1993 to 2000. In the background is the Lippendorf power plant, also called the cloud machine, a lignite-fired steam power plant.Am südlichen Stadtrand Leipzigs, umgeben vom Auenwald der Metropole, liegt der über 400 ha große Cospudener See. Von 1981 bis 1992 war hier ein Braunkohletagebau, das Restloch wurde von 1993 bis 2000 geflutet. Im Hintergrund das Kraftwerk Lippendorf, auch Wolkenmaschine genannt, ein mit Braunkohle befeuertes Dampfkraftwerk.
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On the southern outskirts of Leipzig, surrounded by the city's floodplain forest, lies the over 400-hectare Cospuden Lake. From 1981 to 1992, there was an open-pit lignite mine here, and the remaining pit was flooded from 1993 to 2000. In the background is the Lippendorf power plant, also called the cloud machine, a lignite-fired steam power plant.On the southern outskirts of Leipzig, surrounded by the city's floodplain forest, lies the over 400-hectare Cospuden Lake. From 1981 to 1992, there was an open-pit lignite mine here, and the remaining pit was flooded from 1993 to 2000. In the background is the Lippendorf power plant, also called the cloud machine, a lignite-fired steam power plant.Am südlichen Stadtrand Leipzigs, umgeben vom Auenwald der Metropole, liegt der über 400 ha große Cospudener See. Von 1981 bis 1992 war hier ein Braunkohletagebau, das Restloch wurde von 1993 bis 2000 geflutet. Im Hintergrund das Kraftwerk Lippendorf, auch Wolkenmaschine genannt, ein mit Braunkohle befeuertes Dampfkraftwerk.