Kenya Curtiss
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:39 amThe weather was appalling here, so I decided to find a place where the sun was shining..
take off from Nanyuki 'airport'
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and we turn SE to visit Mt Kenya
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Mt Kenya, the second highest mountain of Africa, has Batian as its highest peak, at 5199 m. It is an old volcano, related to the opening of the East African Rift
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after our tour of the summit, we turn W, toward the Rift. The landscape is a bit flat..
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but that changes once we reach the rift
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at the East African Rift, the crust is being pulled apart at a rate of about 6 mm per year, and we get a series of steep escarpments, formed by faults, and the middle part of the rift sinks down. 6 mm a year may not sound like much, but it has been going on for over 20 million years...
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The rift contains a series of lakes (Lake Solai above), and below we pass over Lake Nakuru.
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on our way to Nairobi, we pass another volcano in the middle of the rift, Mount Suswa (2356 m high)
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and we arrive in Nairobi
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take off from Nanyuki 'airport'
jk10186 and we turn SE to visit Mt Kenya
jk10190 Mt Kenya, the second highest mountain of Africa, has Batian as its highest peak, at 5199 m. It is an old volcano, related to the opening of the East African Rift
jk10192 after our tour of the summit, we turn W, toward the Rift. The landscape is a bit flat..
jk10210but that changes once we reach the rift
jk10211at the East African Rift, the crust is being pulled apart at a rate of about 6 mm per year, and we get a series of steep escarpments, formed by faults, and the middle part of the rift sinks down. 6 mm a year may not sound like much, but it has been going on for over 20 million years...
jk10220 The rift contains a series of lakes (Lake Solai above), and below we pass over Lake Nakuru.
jk10231 on our way to Nairobi, we pass another volcano in the middle of the rift, Mount Suswa (2356 m high)
jk10232and we arrive in Nairobi
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