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Heavy Snow Traps People in South African Mountains

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 article...)

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...)