December 18, 2002 - (date of web publication)

MELTING SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO

Some scientists believe the snow cap of Mount Kilimanjaro will be gone in two decades. Researchers say the ice fields on Africa’s highest mountain shrank by 80 percent in the past century. The snow cap formed some 11,000 years ago. The Landsat satellite captured these images of Kilimanjaro February 17, 1993 and February 21, 2000.

Mt. Kilimanjaro on February 17, 1993 Mt. Kilimanjaro on February 21, 2000
Image 1 - Feb. 17, 1993 Image 2 - Feb. 21, 2000

Animation of the shrinking snow

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For more information contact:

Rani Chohan
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
(Phone: 301/286-2483)

High Res Image 1 (14.7 MB)

High Res Image 2 (14.7 MB)

Credit: NASA and USGS