The border region of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, with a small portion of south eastern Uganda, is pictured in this image, acquired by Envisat’s MERIS instrument on 4 January 2012.
In the lower-right portion of the image, we can see the snows of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain at 5895 m above sea level.
North of Mount Kilimanjaro is Mount Kenya, the second-highest mountain in Africa.
The area pictured is part of the East African Rift, an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart from one another, making this home to a number of both active and dormant volcanoes.
For further information and a higher resolution of this image, please visit: www.esa.int
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment