Lower slopes on Kilimanjaro with forests. (1115k) Landscape above the tree line. (1168k) View over Kenya with the Rift Valley mountains in the distance. (876k) Mawenzi mountain at sunrise, next to Kilimanjaro. (477k) Mawenzi mountain at sunset. (431k) Kilimanjaro rising above the clouds. (487k) Kilimanjaro with fresh snow. (696k) Kilimanjaro. The summit route is on the left side of the mountain. (1246k) Kilimanjaro. The descent route is on the right. (1279k) Kilimanjaro with the moon above. (987k) Kilimanjaro during sunrise. The dark area on the left flank of Kilimanjaro is the shadow of Mawenzi. (815k) View of the crater on top of Kilimanjaro. Uhuru Peak is at left center behind the cloud. (776k) View of the crater with patches of glacier. (793k) The glacier on top of Kilimanjaro is slowly disappearing. It is already broken up in smaller patches. (840k)
Flora on Kilimanjaro
Lichen is all that grows at the highest altitudes. (1391k) Big tree forest at lower altitude. (1292k) Wildflowers. (1217k) Alpine flowers. (1450k) Kilimanjaro Sugarbush (Protea kilimandscharica, french: Protea caffra ssp. kilimandscharica), endemic to Kilimanjaro. (984k) Flower. (1153k) Paintbrush Lily (Scadoxus puniceus). (957k) Kili Gin-and-tonic Lobelia (Lobelia deckenii deckenii), endemic to Kilimanjaro. (1469k) Kilimanjaro Impatiens (Impatiens kilimanjari), endemic to Kilimanjaro. (1097k)
Fauna Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro Guereza (Colobus caudatus, german: Kilimandscharo-Guereza, french: Guéréza du Kilimandjaro). (1416k) Desiccated mummy of a buffalo at about 4,600 m (15,090 ft). (1201k)
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