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A camera is a good reason to look more carefully at
where you are.

These are the results of looking carefully
across four continents over forty years.

A fellow hiker shoots the sun setting over the South China Sea from the helipad at Laban Rata. Mount Kinabalu. 1989.
March 4, 2013

Daily Photo – Shooting the Sunset at Laban Rata

In the photo below a fellow traveler is capturing the sun setting into the South China Sea as we watched from the helipad at...

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The view south from the helipad at Laban Rata as the sun descends to the west. Mount Kinabalu. 1989
March 3, 2013

Daily Photo – The View South from Laban Rata

With the sun continuing to descend in the west, I headed back to Laban Rata. Today's photo was a view south, over the top...

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Late in the afternoon, the sun starts to set on the peaks above Laban Rata. Mount Kinabalu. 1989.
March 2, 2013

Daily Photo – The Peaks above Laban Rata

On the trail above Laban Rata I took this image as the sun dipped lower in the sky. You might be able to make...

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This is the Laban Rata Rest House on Mount Kinabalu in 1989.
March 1, 2013

Daily Photo – Laban Rata Resthouse

The Laban Rata Resthouse was my destination for day one. As you can see from the shadows in the photo below, I got there...

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Laban Rata marks the transition on Mount Kinabalu from mostly vegetated to mostly bare rock. It's quite an abrupt transition. Mount Kinabalu. 1989.
February 28, 2013

Daily Photo – Around Laban Rata

It was quite a relief to emerge from the trees and arrive at Laban Rata. The angle of the path reduced and the stairway...

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Mount Kinabalu is mostly granodiorite, similar to granite but with a different ratio of plagioclase and feldspar. This is a telephoto shot, not of the summit but of one of the peaks above Laban Rata.
February 27, 2013

Daily Photo – Granodiorite Peaks

Mount Kinabalu is formed from granodiorite. This is an intrusive igneous rock, very similar to granite but with a different proportion of plagioclase and...

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