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#Copernicus for #wildfires monitoring

On 21 October, a fire broke out on the slopes of Mount #Kilimanjaro 🐘🦁🦒, in #Tanzania 🇹🇿

As shown in the image acquired by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️, on 30 October the fire 🔥 was still ongoing

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1587733538316718080

Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU)

#Copernicus for #wildfires monitoring On 21 October, a fire broke out on the slopes of Mount #Kilimanjaro 🐘🦁🦒, in #Tanzania 🇹🇿 As shown in the image acquired by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️, on 30 October the fire 🔥 was still ongoing

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Tom Glatt Nov 14, 2022

I hiked Kilimanjaro in May and there was still very visible damage from a fire the year before. Apparently there was another fire last month. So many people there depend on the mountain for their shelter, food, livelihood.

#kilimanjaro #hiking

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Tom Glatt Nov 14, 2022

Here’s an example. But also a reminder that regrowth happens pretty quickly in some cases.