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Mt. Kilimanjaro's vanishing snow cap

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-aftan-00014

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 34 cm

Tropical Glaciers: Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: This 19,000 ft volcanic peak is located in Northern Tanzania, near the border with Kenya. The mountain's ice cap and small glacier features, visible here, are the subject of intense investigation and measurement by glaciologists and climatologists. It is estimated that 85% of the ice mass has been lost since 1912 and that it may all but vanish in another 15 years. Image taken from the International Space Station in july 2001. 

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - AFRICA - CLIMATE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 2 - GLACIER - GREENHOUSE EFFECT - ICE - KILIMANDJARO - KILIMANJARO - SNOW - TANZANIA - VOLCANO - WARMING -