Thursday, November 13, 2008

Mountain Kilimanjaro is always shy and...

trying to hide its beautiful pick under the cloudy scarf...
Highest peak in Africa 5,895 meters (19,340 feet)

Tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world.
Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano. No volcanic activity is expected but apparently there are fears the volcano could collapse.

The glaciers at the top of Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting, over the past century the ice cap volume has dropped more than 80% and it is predicted that all the ice will be gone between 2015 and 2020.

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