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Bamboo, Sorghum & Snow

Bamboo, Sorghum & Snow

Snow covers the top of Mt. Karisimbi on the Rwanda-DRC border. One of the highest peaks in Africa at nearly 15,000 ft, Karisimbi is high enough to get occasion...
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Snow covers the top of Mt. Karisimbi on the Rwanda-DRC border. One of the highest peaks in Africa at nearly 15,000 ft, Karisimbi is high enough to get occasional snow even though it sits less than 2 degrees from the Equator.
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Canon EOS 5D

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Aperture f/25 ISO 400 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 133/1

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Apr, 2017

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