Giant glacier ice cliff towering sky-high in the middle of the sand. It appears as if like a mirage in the desert. This stunning natural phenomenon is true, namely on the African continent.
Seeing the giant ice cliffs on the continent of Africa as if making people increasingly believe that natural phenomena are real. How not, most people are familiar with the African mainland and is identical to the dry desert heat. But again this is real and not a mirage.
Precisely at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. At the end of last year a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Will Gadd climbing these peaks. Then he climbed the cliffs glacier ice beautiful. According to The Guardian, since 10 years ago Gadd has set out to climb the ice on every continent. After successfully climbing the ice in Africa, living in the Antarctic ice he had not climbed.
Known in the African continent there is Mount Kilimanjaro with a height of 5,895 meters. The highest mountain in Africa it lies precisely about 300 kilometers south of the equator. Climate not only depends on the latitude but also altitude. Although located near the equator but because of its height it is quite likely there is ice there.
At the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro glaciers are beautiful white ice with a variety of sizes. Ice on top of the mountain was estimated to have been around for over 12,000 years. Growing and shrinking of glaciers depends on solar radiation, rainfall and other factors.
Unfortunately, since 1900 it is clear that the glacier began to shrink dramatically. According to NASA, between 1912 and 2011, at the peak of the Kilimanjaro ice mass shrank more than 85 percent. Some scientists predict the ice glaciers will disappear in 2060.
Seeing the giant ice cliffs on the continent of Africa as if making people increasingly believe that natural phenomena are real. How not, most people are familiar with the African mainland and is identical to the dry desert heat. But again this is real and not a mirage.
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| Image source: Twisted Sifter |
Known in the African continent there is Mount Kilimanjaro with a height of 5,895 meters. The highest mountain in Africa it lies precisely about 300 kilometers south of the equator. Climate not only depends on the latitude but also altitude. Although located near the equator but because of its height it is quite likely there is ice there.
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| Image source: Twisted Sifter |
Unfortunately, since 1900 it is clear that the glacier began to shrink dramatically. According to NASA, between 1912 and 2011, at the peak of the Kilimanjaro ice mass shrank more than 85 percent. Some scientists predict the ice glaciers will disappear in 2060.
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| Image source: Twisted Sifter |
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| Image source: Twisted Sifter |
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| Image source: Twisted Sifter |
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| Image source: Twisted Sifter |
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| Image source: Twisted Sifter |
Source: DSW
