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The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and
archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
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 Archive - Amboseli National Park, Kenya

   December 04, 2021

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   Every weekend we present a notable item from our archives.

   This EPOD was originally published May 13, 2013.

   Photographer:  Sheyenne Scriven
   Summary Author:  Sheyenne Scriven;  Jim Foster

   The photo above showing a small herd of  elephants in  Amboseli
   National Park, Kenya, was taken in late December 2010. Snowcapped
    Mount Kilimanjaro (located across the border of Kenya in Tanzania)
   looms in the background. Kilimanjaro, a dormant  stratovolcano
   topping 19,039 ft (5,803 m), is the highest mountain on the African
   continent. Despite the arid conditions pictured above, December is
   usually a rather rainy month in east Africa. However, the  long
   rainy season on Kilimanjaro begins in March and lasts early June --
   this is when most of the  snowfall is observed.
    African elephants are the  largest land animals on Earth. The
   biggest tuskers may stand 13 ft (4 m) tall, weigh as much as 14,000 lbs
   (6,350 kg) and require 300 lbs (136 kg) of  food such as bark,
   leaves, fruit and roots each day to sustain them.

   Photo details: Camera Maker: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.; Camera Model:
   u7000,S7000; Focal Length: 9.1mm (35mm equivalent: 52mm); Aperture:
   f/4.3; Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500); ISO equiv: 64.
     * Amboseli National Park, Kenya Coordinates: -2.641389, 37.248056

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