there are seasons there - short rain, long rain and dry. Don't know how it affects Kilimanjaro though. I suppose it depends on temperature whether the precipitation (Eric Olthwaite!) falls as snow or rain on the summit, and since the temperatures are rising I guess there will be less snow melting faster.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of K.Takeshita > Sent: 23 January 2007 22:23 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: Mount Kilimanjaro > > On 1/23/07 4:53 PM, "Godfrey DiGiorgi", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the same time of year in 1970, 2000 and 2005: > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/kilimanjaro.jpg > > > > Within a few years, it will disappear entirely. > > Is it season-dependent? Or is there such a thing as "season" > in that part > of the world? > If it is disappearing like that, it is phenomenal. > OTOH, Bob W says he witnessed a snow cap in plain sight only > a few years > ago. > I am just curious. > > Ken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
