Alarming
Kilimanjaro Photos
These remarkable pictures prove that the icecap on the summit of the
worlds tallest free standing mountain is facing extinction.
The top image was taken on February 17, 1993 by the Landsat 5 satellite and
the bottom picture seven years later by Landsat 7 on February 21, 2000. The
difference is obvious and alarming. The speed at which the snow is retreating
has some scientists predicting that the africa mountain glacier will
disappear completely by the year 2015.
The icecap formed approximately 11 000 years ago and it seems that
global warming is going to destroy it in a fraction of that time.
So if you still want to see the glacier before it becomes a thing of the
past, you don't have too much time left to organise your
kilimanjaro climb.
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