South Africa (HDW) July 30, 2004 -Heavy snow fell over eastern South Africa
and Lesotho during the final week of July 2004. As can be seen in
the above image, acquired on July 29, the snow extended much further
than the peaks of the mountains where it typically falls during
the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. (full
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Houston,
Texas (HDW) August 3, 2004 - Mount
Kilimanjaro is a dormant stratovolcano and the highest mountain
in Africa. Kibo Summit (5,893 m) at the top of Kilimanjaro is one
of the few peaks in Africa to retain glaciers. The top image above
is a high oblique photograph taken from the International Space
Station in early April 2003. That photograph provides a 3-dimensional
perspective on the positions of the glaciers on the upper northwestern
and southern flanks of the mountain. The bottom photograph, taken
from the International Space Station in late June 2004, shows large
glacier fields (blue-white, with defined edges) on the northwestern
and southern slopes of the peak. In this scene, a light layer of
snow brightens the dark brown terrain around the glaciers. (full
article...)
