Kenya Curtiss

[jankees]

The 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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Edited December 25, 2020 by jankees

[DAVIDSTRAKA]

Great looking aircraft and fun information about the geography of the region! :pilot:

[NMLW]

The Curtiss looks good over Kenya. I spent two years there. :cool: