Looking southwest over Kibo Peak (5,895m). Photo taken by Alan Root from a hot air balloon on 10 March 1974. Compare the extent of glaciers then with 2000!
An excellent reference for additional historical images is:
- Hastenrath, S., 1984: The glaciers of equatorial East Africa. Solid Earth Sciences Library, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 353 pp.