Daily Photo – The Shadow of Mount Kinabalu

The rising sun casts a shadow of Mount Kinabalu on the morning haze to the west.

Having taken photos to the south and to the south-west it was time to turn my camera to the west, and there I saw the shadow of Mount Kinabalu cast upon the early morning haze.

To me it was such a remarkable sight. I’ve not seen anything like it before or since. This isn’t the shadow of the mountain cast upon the ground, it’s a shadow cast upon a layer of the atmosphere.

The horizon line in this photo is the South China Sea. The coast, some 37 miles (60 km) away runs pretty close to the highest bump on the rock outcrop just right of center.

The rising sun casts a shadow of Mount Kinabalu on the morning haze to the west.
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This is a view to the south-west from the summit of Mount Kinabalu taken in 1989.
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