Climbing into the roof of a worked-out pipe vein in an old lead mine in Derbyshire, with miners' pickwork on every surface.

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Size: 3104px × 4672px
Location: Gentlewoman's Pipe lead mine, Masson Hill, Matlock
Photo credit: © Phil Wolstenholme / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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