A Channel Tunnel engineer carries out essential maintenance on a huge undersea tunnel boring machine passing through wet rock.
A Channel Tunnel engineer carries out essential maintenance to an undersea tunnel boring machine which is passing through fissured rock allowing water to enter the tunnel and creating dangerous and unpleasant working conditions for the tunnellers. The Channel Tunnel was the greatest construction project of the 20th century and is considered one of the wonders of the modern age.
Size: 4961px × 4961px
Location: In a tunnel, 40m below the seabed, somewhere between the UK and France.
Photo credit: © qaphotos.com / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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