File:Large Landslide in Uganda.jpg

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English: Heavy rains triggered these landslides on the steep slopes of Mt. Elgon in Uganda. The newly exposed earth is slightly pink, raw compared to other patches of bare ground, which are lighter brown. As the older scars hint, landslides are common in the region, but the new landslides are much larger than previous slides. This natural-colour image provides clues that the landslide area had been populated. Bright roofs reflect light extremely well. Tiny white dots scattered across the western slopes of Mt. Elgon are probably structures. Several structures surround the slides. Heavy rain caused the slides, but deforestation may have also played a role, said the Ugandan government. Dark green forest grows on the slope above the slide area. A strip of pale green land, free of settlements, separates the forest from the slide.
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Author Jesse Allen

Image acquired by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite.

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