Kilimanjaro—The Shining Mountain

Glaciers covered most of the summit during the first half of the 20th century, but have shrunk dramatically since then.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Kilimanjaro—The Shining Mountain.

Shuttle photograph provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. Additional photographs taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed via the NASA — JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Aerial photograph copyright Alan Root, published in: Hastenrath, S., 1984, The Glaciers of Equatorial East Africa: D. Reidel Publishing Co., 353 p.

Published March 25, 2001
Data acquired November 19, 1990

Collection:: Astronaut Photography