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Picture of three people riding bicycles alongside a canal in Germany
August 30, 2022

Along the Canal

Cyclists ride along the Main-Danube Canal outside of Nürnberg, Germany. This picture appeared in an August 1992 story about the canal, which had just been completed.
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig, Nat Geo Image Collection

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