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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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