Figure 1 (above) – Team members in Rongai, Tanzania as January 2007 fieldwork commences: Carsten Braun, Nicolas Cullen, Douglas Hardy, Georg Kaser, and Bernd Noggler.

Figure 2 (above) – Kibo emerging from the clouds in fading afternoon light. View from Moshi, looking north.

Figure 3 (above) – Kibo in early morning light, viewed from southeast in Marangu.

Figure 4 (above) – Recent snow accumulation on Rebmann Glacier along crater rim.

Figure 5 (above) – The University of Massachusetts automated weather station, with snowpit being dug to examine accumulation (see next image) on the Northern Icefield of Kibo.

Figure 6 (above) – Snowpit on the Northern Icefield of Kibo, representing accumulation between mid-October 2006 (when “short rains” began) and early-January 2007. A period without snowfall during the first half of December resulted in formation of a dense layer.

Figure 7 (above) – UMass AWS and “cloudcam” instrumentation, Northern Icefield. View is to the East.