Kubwa Ufa Bonde by wysiwig
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The next day we began the long journey back to Nairobi. As we exited the park we passed a Masai man dressed in red and carrying a spear. Lisa, our buxom New Yorker, was standing at the back of the Ark and could not resist taking his picture. Sam saw her in his rear view mirror and yelled at her to put the camera away but it was too late. The Masai had seen her and began chasing the truck. Sam sped up as the man threw his spear at us.
Some 20 million years ago, the tertiary plates that make up the eastern part of Africa began to tear apart. The Somali Plate began moving east and north towards Saudi Arabia and away from the Nubian Plate to the west creating a jagged rift, thousands of miles long, across the African continent. On either side of this rift great volcanic mountains, such as Mount Kilimanjaro, were created while the valley floor gradually sank into a low flat plain. Dubbed the Great Rift Valley (Kubwa Ufa Bonde in Swahili) by the Scottish explorer John Walter Gregory, it divides Kenya down the length of the country separating east from west.
Comments (9)
durleybeachbum
OOO! I didn't realise people photography could be so dangerous. What an inspirational vista this is!
alanwilliams
photography can be a dangerous thing in the wrong place. A wonderful landscape that seems to go on for ever.
Faemike55
Fantastic capture and interesting story
0rest4wicked
It is always good to ask before taking, even in photography Impressive vista!
Fidelity2
G-R-E-A-T. 5+!!!
bobrgallegos
Very beautiful landscape capture and very interesting story!!
auntietk
Breathtaking view! I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this series.
JuliSonne
Wonderful landscape as far as the eye can look!
blondeblurr
Well, this time you beat me to it - with a fine view, like this ... I am also glad that Sam helped a damsel in distress, were there any spear markings on the Ark? those natives are good runners, as we know from the last Olympics ;) BB